Agency Details:

Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center

The Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center offers numerous environmental programs for all ages.

History:
The Great Swamp was created approximately 15,000 years ago, when the melting waters of the Wisconsin Glacier poured into the natural basin known as the Passaic Valley. However, the Great Swamp is not entirely swampland but rather a mixture of marshes, meadows, dry woods and brush-covered swamps. It is the intermingling of these four habitats that gives the Great Swamp its unique character, allowing the swamp to support a wide variety of plant and animal life.

Contact person: Jenny Gaus, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (973) 701-0193

Address:

247 Southern Boulevard Chatham, NJ 07928 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.morrisparks.net

Directions:

From Interstate 287 Traveling North: Take South Street Exit and go left. They you will make quick right onto 124 East. From there follow directions above. Traveling South: Take the Madison Avenue Exit and stay left. At light go left onto 124 East. Follow 124 East until you enter town of Madison. Go under small railroad bridge. Go to second light and make right onto Green Village Road. Go 3 lights and continue straight ahead 1 mile. Look for Great Swamp sign on the right and turn right into driveway. From Route 24 Traveling West: Go past Short Hills Mall and continue to follow signs for Chatham. The road will circle around and will bring you onto Main Street. Go 4 lights and at the 4th light, make a left turn onto Fairmount Avenue. Go 2 lights and at the 2nd light turn right onto Southern Blvd. Go 1 mile and look for sign on left for the Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center.

Last updated on June 30, 2009