Trenton, the capital of New Jersey, is located in Southwest New Jersey. While here, see the New Jersey State House or, in June, the annual Trenton Jazz Festival. North of Trenton, visitors may tour prestigious Princeton University.

South of Trenton, directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, visitors can tour the city of Camden. The New Jersey State Aquarium, the U.S.S. New Jersey Naval Museum & Veterans Memorial and Walt Whitman House are a few local attractions.

In February each year, the Winter Raptor Festival celebrates an influx of migrating eagles, which join the resident bald eagle population. Festivities are centered in Mauricetown, south of Millville.