By: Courtney Byrne

My kids love bucket lists. We used this one in the winter and this one in the spring and they thought crossing items off was about the best thing ever (and of course there were battles over which kid got to cross the item off after completing it). So while we were thinking of things to add to a summer list, I thought it would be fun to make a list of places to go and things to see in our great state of New Jersey and create a free printable New Jersey Summer Bucket List.

I turned to our local Facebook page for ideas on what to add. It was such a fun thread of responses to read and certainly jam packed with Jersey pride. For living here almost my entire life and for it being quite a small state… I quickly realized there’s quite a lot I haven’t seen. This free printable New Jersey Summer Bucket List has 30 great ideas of places to go and things to see but there are so many more. I would love for you to comment on the post or on Instagram with more places. I will continue to add to this list and eventually make an even bigger printable.

Click here to download and print the NJ Summer Bucket List.

New Jersey Summer Bucket List

Old Barney Lighthouse, LBI
Hoffman’s Ice Cream, Point Pleasant
Ocean City NJ: Boardwalk & Sandcastle Park
Poricy Park Fossil Beds
Fireworks at the Jersey Shore (various locations)
Keansburg Boardwalk
Point Pleasant Boardwalk
Jenkinson’s Aquarium
Smitheville
Visit a Kite Festival (Belmar, Lavallette, Point Pleasant, LBI, Tom’s River, Wildwood – dates vary)
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Hacklebarney State Park
Victorian Cape May
Cape May County Zoo
Morey’s Piers
Showplace Ice Cream, LBI
Movies on the bay in Lavallette
Storybook Land
Turtle Back Zoo
Duke Farms
Sandcastle Contest in Brigantine
NJ Festival of Ballooning
See a concert at PNC
Asbury Splash Park
Monmouth Race Track
Longstreet Farm
Belmar Pirate Walk
Pirates on the Manasquan
Sea Bright Beach
Visit the Statue of Liberty