New Jersey
Main park Other parks Location Year opened
Clementon Amusement Park Splash World Clementon 1907
Diggerland Four in England West Berlin 2014
Fantasy Island Thundering Surf Water Park Beach Haven 1985
The Funplex ( Mount Laurel ) The Funplex ( East Hanover ) Mount Laurel
iPlay America None Freehold 2011
Keansburg Amusement Park Runaway Rapids Keansburg 1904
Land of Make Believe Pirate 's Cove Hope 1954
Mountain Creek Waterpark None Vernon 1998
Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Jackson 1974
Storybook Land None Egg Harbor Township 1955
Wild West City None Stanhope 1957
Points of interest -- Theme parks
Skyline of Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township , Ocean County , the world 's largest theme park as of 2013 [ 251 ] To the far left is Kingda Ka , the world 's tallest roller coaster . [ 252 ]
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and the State of Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017 and an area of 8,722.58 square miles, making it the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states, with its biggest city being Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia. New Jersey was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017. New Jersey was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, with historical tribes such as the Lenape along the coast. In the early 17th century, the Dutch and the Swedes founded the first European settlements in the state. The English later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey after the largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey, and granting it as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. New Jersey was the site of several important battles during the American Revolutionary War in the 18th century. In the 19th century, factories in the cities Camden, Paterson, Newark, Trenton, Jersey City, and Elizabeth (known as the Big Six), helped drive the Industrial Revolution. New Jersey's geographic location at the center of the Northeast megalopolis, between Boston and New York City to the northeast, and Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., to the southwest, fueled its rapid growth through the process of suburbanization in the second half of the 20th century. At the turn of the 21st century, this suburbanization began reverting with the consolidation of New Jersey's culturally diverse populace toward more urban settings within the state, with towns home to commuter rail stations outpacing the population growth of more automobile-oriented suburbs since 2008.