Long Pond Ironworks
Friends of Long Pond Ironworks
NOTICES
The Visitor Center is closed
until April 2025
The Historic Site is open year-round from sunrise to sunset. Self guided tour brochures and trail maps are available at the outdoor kiosk in the parking lot.
Because of the recent fire, other sections of the park are closed until the spring - see the map & notice.
Hunting
While no hunting is allowed within the historic site, other sections of the surrounding state park are open to hunting.
Wearing some bright orange clothing like a hat or scarf is recommended during hunting season.
The Long Pond Ironworks Historic District sits within the Long Pond Ironworks State Park, located in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey.
The 175-acre Historic District contains the remains of the village and furnaces at Long Pond that produced iron for the American forces during the Revolutionary War, in the War of 1812, and for the Union Army during the Civil War. Long Pond Ironworks is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places and has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
The historical value of Long Pond Ironworks is paralleled only by its natural beauty. The Historic District offers walking paths, hiking trails, and the river that was once drove the furnaces.
The Friends of Long Pond Ironworks, Inc. (FOLPI) is a nonprofit (501-c:3) volunteer organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting the remaining structures and the history behind them. FOLPI is an "Officially Recognized Friends Organization" of Long Pond Ironworks State Park.
FOLPI works to ensure that the Historic District is preserved and remembered for its contributions to our past, present and future.
FOLPI celebrates diversity, provides equity through fair treatment of all our visitors, and fosters an environment of inclusion. Our policy is to ensures that visitors have equitable and appropriate access to our facilities, programs and services, regardless of ability, age, race, ethnic origin, socioeconomic level, sexual orientation, religion or country of origin.
