This Open Air Train Ride In New Jersey Is A Scenic Adventure For The Whole Family

If you want to step back in time, there's no better place to visit than Allaire State Park. Not only is this New Jersey park home to an old-fashioned village and hundreds of acres of preserved forest, but it's also one of the only places in the state where you can take an open-air train ride on historic train cars! Kids and adults of all ages love to ride on the scenic, breezy Pine Creek Railroad, so mark your calendar, and book your trip for the Allaire State Park train in New Jersey!

Pine Creek Railroad is a project of the New Jersey Museum of Transportation, and this Allaire State Park train is one of the best day trip destinations in the Garden State.

You can purchase your ticket online or on-site, but either way, you'll have the old-fashioned experience of picking up a physical train ticket at the vintage-inspired ticket booth.

The Pine Creek Railroad, itself, is a short set of tracks that are maintained by volunteers from the New Jersey Museum of Transportation, and its mission is to preserve historic railroad equipment.

Throughout the spring, summer, and fall, it offers open-air train rides, so you can take in all the sights with the wind in your hair!

While the daily train rides are a fun way to spend some time, the haunted Halloween rides are wildly popular, as well. But the holiday trains are the most popular excursions.

And if you time your visit right, you might even get to meet Santa in December!

Get a closer look at this wonderful park and train ride:

Visit the museum's website for train schedules or to buy your ticket online. The New Jersey Museum of Transportation on Facebook is the best source for up-to-date information regarding regular departures and special events.

Have you ever taken a ride on the Allaire State Park train in New Jersey? Let us know how it was in the comments. I think it's about time to pack up the car to get out and see some more amazing things to do in New Jersey.