Salem

There’s water, water everywhere, with lots to do in beautiful Salem. This historic town has a unique location at the confluence of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Delaware and Salem rivers. Take to the water or just enjoy the views from the renovated downtown.
 
Downtown Salem has undergone a $40 million renovation, creating an enviable combination of preserved historic architecture in a vibrant retail center. Get maps and information at the visitors’ center (1 New Market St.), in a renovated 1928 bank building.
 
West Broadway and New Market Street are the focus of one-of-a-kind shops and galleries. Local artists are on display at First Impressions Art Gallery (157 West Broadway); Suse-E-Q’s Cottage (145 West Broadway) features gifts and crafts.
 
History is all around at the Salem County Historical Society (79 Market St.) and at the 1735 Old Salem County Courthouse, the country’s second-oldest courthouse in continuous use.
 
 

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Nearby Places
Pilesgrove
Mullica Hill
Millville
Camden
Haddonfield
Cherry Hill

 

Don’t miss:
• A Spring Studio and Gallery Tour in Salem County, held in May and featuring 23 locations and more than 50 artists
• Salem City Café (113 Market St.) for dining
 
Nature lovers: On the outskirts of Salem, along the banks of the Delaware, is Fort Mott State Park. Take a walking tour through the 1856 fort’s gun batteries and on the Fort Mott Seawall along the river to verdant Finns Point Trail. The park has picnic areas and a playground. In summer, the Three Forts Ferry goes to Pea Patch Island to visit Fort Delaware. The fort’s 32-foot-tall and 30-foot-thick granite walls housed tens of thousands of soldiers, officers and political prisoners during the Civil War.

 

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