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Camden
City in Camden County, New Jersey, US

Camden

Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

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Located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The population was 71,791 at the 2020 census. The city was incorporated on February 13, 1828. Camden has been the county seat of Camden County since the county's formation on March 13, 1844. The city derives its name from Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden. Camden is made up of over 20 neighborhoods, and is part of the South Jersey region of the state.

Get in

Getting to Camden

New Jersey Transit handles bus routes into the city. Megabus. Direct service to Camden from Pittsburgh, State College, and Harrisburg. Many more cities have service to Philadelphia just across the river. From Philadelphia, take the Ben Franklin Bridge or Walt Whitman Bridge to New Jersey. Camden is directly across from Philadelphia. From New York and Northern New Jersey, take the Turnpike to Route 73 North (Exit 4).

  1. 01
    RiverLink Ferry

    Columbus Blvd and Walnut Street, LINK (5465), info@drwc.org.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    USS Battleship New Jersey Museum
  2. 02
    Walt Whitman House

    Visits by guided tour only., Call for tour schedule.

  3. 03
    Wiggins Park and Marina
  4. 04
    Adventure Aquarium

    Over two-dozen sharks in the 550,000-gallon Shark Realm.

  5. 05
    Rutgers - Camden Center for the Arts

    May-Aug Mon-Fri 10AM-4PM; Sept-Apr Mon-Sat 10AM-4PM; Thu until 8PM.

  6. 06
    Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Eat

Where to eat

There is food available at the Aquarium and at the BB&T Pavilion. Some other places are the following:

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    Market Street Pizzeria

    Family-friendly pizzeria and Italian bistro.

  2. 02
    Market Gourmet

    Popular with locals and students, it is rather like a Wawa: a convenience store with good sandwiches and other deli-esque fare.

  3. 03
    Cooper Court

    Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Haddon Ave & Mickle Blvd, toll-free: +1-800-8-COOPER (266737).

  4. 04
    Corrine's Place

    1254 Haddon Ave.,.

  5. 05
    Friends Cafe
How locals move

Getting around Camden the local way

  • Get inYou can also take a bike on the train and cycle from Macarthur or Campbelltown to Camden, and an off-road/quiet road cycle route all the way from Campbelltown station to Camden.
  • Get inIf you're wanting a charter flight from Sydney to get out to some of the countryside in a hurry, Camden offers better value than the other Sydney airports.

From Wikivoyage: Camden (New South Wales), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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