Jenny Jump State Forest is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey operated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Parks and Forestry. It is 4,239 acres (17 km²) in area, located in northwestern New Jersey, in northern Warren County, south of Hope Township, on the northwest flank and south end of 1,112-foot (339 m) Jenny Jump Mountain — a 6-mile (10 km) long ridge.
The park has extensive hiking trails on the mountainside, featuring large glacial boulders and outcroppings from the Wisconsin glaciation approximately 21,000 years ago.
It is said that the park was named after an Indian chasing a girl named Jenny, who jumped to her death on Jenny Jump Mountain.
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