Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest
Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest is a nature reserve in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet West Carteret, as well as near the suburb Avenel.Places of Interest
Highlights include East Jersey State Prison and Rahway station.
East Jersey State Prison
Prison
Photo: Jackie Finn-Irwin, CC BY 2.0.
East Jersey State Prison is a maximum security prison operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections in Avenel, Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. It was established in 1896 as Rahway State Prison, and was the first reformatory in New Jersey, officially opening in 1901.
Rahway station
Railway station
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Rahway station is an NJ Transit train station in Rahway, New Jersey. It is served by the Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line. Rahway is just northeast of the Perth Amboy Junction, where the Northeast Corridor and the North Jersey Coast lines split at Union Tower.
Avenel station
Railway station
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avenel is an active commuter railroad station in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Servicing trains of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, the station serves trains going to Long Branch and Bay Head to New York Penn Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rahway and Linden.
Rahway
Photo: Ray Mtz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rahway is a city in southern Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway Valley region, in the New York metropolitan area.
Linden
Photo: General Magnaplate, CC BY 3.0.
Linden is a city of 42,000 people in New Jersey. Linden is a regional hub of Polish immigration and features a significant number of establishments featuring the food and culture of Poland.
Clark
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clark is a city in Union County, New Jersey. It is a suburban town of around 16,000 that is 13 miles from Newark. The town was founded in 1864 when the residents of the 5th ward of Rahway city decided to break away to establish the city.
Ernie L. Oros Preserve at Pin Oak Forest
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.5873° or 40° 35′ 14″ northLongitude
-74.2607° or 74° 15′ 39″ westOpen location code
87G7HPPQ+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 470855756OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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