Meryl Streep grew up in Bernardsville, and Jacqueline Kennedy lived here on a horse farm with her husband Aristotle Onassis. You can be next.
Bernardsville, correct pronunciation BERNardsville (instead of BernARDSville), is a small town located in central eastern New Jersey in an idyllic natural setting, with many mountainous areas and parks, as well as a charming town center
Meryl Streep grew up in Bernardsville, and Jacqueline Kennedy lived here on a horse farm with her husband Aristotle Onassis. You can be next.
Bernardsville, correct pronunciation BERNardsville (instead of BernARDSville), is a small town located in central eastern New Jersey in an idyllic natural setting, with many mountainous areas and parks, as well as a charming town center. Its location offers a typical humid continental climate, known more colloquially as hot, humid summers, and cold, snowy winters. You learn to dress for the seasons here very quickly, and to appreciate the more mild, and quite lovely, seasons of Fall and Spring. The bursts of color of the fall foliage are quite remarkable, and Bernardsville has plenty of trees to show off during this time. In addition, Bernardsville has adopted many green initiatives, aimed at resource conservation and clean-up of natural spaces.
Bernardsville is a picturesque town, with many options for living with a view. Places to live in Bernardsville include large estates on expansive grounds as well as smaller homes on narrower lots near the town center. Olcott Avenue is one of Bernardsville's most notably beautiful streets, boasting turn-of-the-century Victorian houses. Renting an apartment is not as common in Bernardsville as in other towns. There are a few rental communities and apartment complexes, however, with many different sized apts for rent.
Bernardsville is a very open, active and welcoming community, making moving here an easy choice. There are many activity groups for newcomers to join, ranging from the gardening club to the tennis club to the political debate club. Some people may take time to adjust to the famous New Jersey traffic and the extreme winter and summer weather, but you will be all the more of a warrior for the experience.
Even though there are no distinct neighborhoods in Bernardsville, living here still requires access to a car unless you enjoy walking for days, or somehow have learned to teleport yourself to various places. Unless you are driving a hybrid, driving everywhere doesn't help much with your carbon footprint, but rest assured in the knowledge that Bernardsville gives back to the environment with its many green programs. The Adopt-a-Park program allows individuals, families or groups to manage the regular clean-up of a small designated area of parkland. Additionally, residents have access to a public compost facility.
Cold winters mean snow, and snow means skiing and snowboarding to some, so take advantage of the great local mountains just a few hours away in the Poconos. In the summer heat, have your choice of over 10 parks (Peter's Tract and Polo Grounds Recreational Area are two options) to sit in the sun or find a shady tree. As for shopping, the town center offers banks and small specialty shops. Wait, this is New Jersey, aren't there malls? Rest assured, Somerville and Short Hills malls are not very far away for your larger shopping excursions.
