Blue Holes

A New Jersey "Blue Hole" is a sand quarry that has filled with water from the aquifer below. These are very dangerous places. This is because, although the visible part may look like a Caribbean beach, the underwater sides of the quarry are steep and unstable, and merely walking near the edge can cause a collapse into the hole. The water is deep and cold, and the victim is quickly overcome by shock and hypothermia and drowns.

I have marked a few of the bigger and more notorious Blue Holes that might look like good places to go on a satellite image. They are not. Most Blue Holes are either state-owned or private property, and strictly illegal (and stupid) to trespass.


Salem River
( 39.62054, -75.42716 )

  1. Avis Millpond - Salem River ( 39.63089, -75.29061 )
  2. East Lake - Salem River ( 39.64274, -75.31400 )
  3. Salem River - Mannington ( 39.66957, -75.46619 )
  4. Salem River - Salem ( 39.57881, -75.46628 )
  5. Salem River - Supawna NWR ( 39.56956, -75.49853 )
  6. Salem River - Woodstown ( 39.64486, -75.32774 )
  7. Salem River WMA - Pennsville ( 39.64026, -75.48012 )