Amazing Fairy Tale Forest Gets Ready To Open In New Jersey

A PERFECT FAMILY DAY TRIP

This summer, there is still plenty of time to get in some great family day trips right here in the Garden State. This fun fantasy park is getting set to re-open in August and you can be among the first to visit this fun attraction in Passiac/Morris Counties, yes it's located on the border in both counties.

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We are talking about Fairy Tale Forest. I have never visited this park but it reminds me of Storybook Land in South Jersey, according to their website, "The story of Fairy Tale Forest began in 1953 when Paul Woehle, Sr., a German immigrant, started to build Fairy Tale Forest at the age of 40. He came from a family of thirteen children and his mother used to read them the Grimm's fairy tales every night by the kitchen stove."

After years in operation, the park began to feel dated, and visitors became fewer and fewer so around 2003 the park was closed. However, some twenty years later it looks like the fairy godmothers have done their work and the park is about to re-open on August 8th.

According to their website "Today, against what seems like all odds, Fairytale Forest has been reborn, with the grounds once again helmed by a member of the founding family. Those who remember Fairyt Tale Forest as it was now have the opportunity to bring their own children to experience the wonder found in that patch of woods in Oak Ridge, New Jersey."

Fairy Tale Forest is located at 140 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438

An interesting fact about Fairy Tale Forest, Mariah Carey filmed (Outdoor Scenes) her famous "All I Want For Christmas Is You" video at the park in 1993. The video has 784 million views!