Why is it called Jenny's Jump ?

Thomas McCarton | Oct 23, 2021 | Category: Park

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Address: 330 State Park Rd, Hope, NJ 07844, USA

Phil O | Oct 23, 2021

Old Native American story about how a girl was forced to jump from the top of Jenny Jump mountain. It's why there are names like Ghost Lake and Shades of death rd.

Turd Goblin | Oct 23, 2021

According to local lore, the state park derives its name from an unfortunate incident involving a girl named Jenny. Legend has it that long ago, the Minsi tribe of the Lenni Lenape came upon the young girl, Jenny, and her father along a mountain’s edge. Feeling threatened, Jenny’s father yelled to her to escape: “Jump, Jenny, jump!” Other sources, however, say the name could simply be an Anglicized form of the area’s original Lenape name.

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