Pine Barrens

American  

noun

1. the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2,000 sq. mi. (5,180 sq. km).

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This instability created lawless zones such as the “neutral ground” of Bergen County in northeast New Jersey and the Pine Barrens in the south, where hardened “banditti” flourished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

It’s like if Beckett had written the Pine Barrens episode of “The Sopranos.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

Rising temperatures, a thirstier atmosphere and the expansion of communities around the edges of the reserve put the Pine Barrens at risk.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 23, 2023

From 2002 to 2005 he served as chairman of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, which works to preserve the state’s Pine Barrens, the 1.1 million acres of semi-wilderness spanning parts of seven counties.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

The old name, Pine Barrens, is hardly correct because it implies something like a desert, when as a matter of fact the region produced magnificent forest trees.

From The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware by Fisher, Sydney George