2020

• Visitation - park visits topped 9 million! This 30% increase in park attendance and golf rounds occurred over a technically shorter operational year since facilities closed mid-March to May 2 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
  
• The increase in park attendance and steady program participation underscored how critical open spaces were--and are--in times of crisis.
  
• A total of 243 new acres (20 parcels) were added to 11 park properties in 2020 for a total of 17,797 acres owned or managed by the Park System.   
• See the 2020 Annual Report. 

2021

• A total of 208 new acres (12 parcels) were added to the park properties including 140 acres to the Manasquan Reservoir.
• Events such as the Creative Arts Festival, Wind & Sea Festival, and Thompson Park Day return to great success!
• See the 2021 Annual Report.