Morris County Guide

Shop Morris County publishes the Morris County Guide, a free digital magazine covering all 39 towns in Morris County, New Jersey. Each edition collects restaurants, shops, seasonal events, downtowns, parks, and the independent businesses across the county in one place, and it is written by a local team that lives and reports here. It is free to read online with no signup, no app, and no paywall. ShopMorrisCounty.com adds new local coverage daily between editions, and reaches more than 140,000 readers a month.

The Morris County Guide is a seasonal digital magazine published by Shop Morris County, an independent local media platform based in Morris County, New Jersey. It is laid out like a print magazine and read as a flipbook in your browser. Each edition features local restaurants, shopping, things to do, seasonal events, and hidden gems across the county's 39 municipalities. The current edition is the Summer 2026 Edition.

Yes. The Morris County Guide is completely free to read at ShopMorrisCounty.com. There is no paywall, no subscription, and no account required. You can open it in any browser, flip through it page by page, or read it fullscreen. The guide is funded by the local businesses that advertise in it.

The digital guide is published seasonally, with a new edition each season. Between editions, Shop Morris County publishes new Morris County news, event coverage, and food and drink features on ShopMorrisCounty.com every day, plus a free weekly email roundup of what is happening across the county that weekend.

All 39 municipalities in Morris County, New Jersey. Around the county seat: Morristown, Morris Township, Morris Plains, and Harding. The lakes region to the north: Jefferson, Mount Arlington, Roxbury, Mount Olive, and Netcong. The Route 10 and Route 46 corridor: Parsippany-Troy Hills, Denville, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township, Randolph, Dover, Wharton, Victory Gardens, and Mine Hill. The southern train-line towns: Madison, Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Florham Park, East Hanover, Hanover, and Long Hill. The western farm and horse country: Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, and Washington Township. The northern edge toward Passaic County: Boonton Town, Boonton Township, Mountain Lakes, Montville, Kinnelon, Butler, Riverdale, Lincoln Park, and Pequannock.

Start with the downtown nearest you. Morristown is the county seat and has the largest concentration of restaurants, bars, and nightlife, most of it within a few blocks of the Morristown Green. Denville, known as the Hub of Morris County, has a compact and walkable Broadway strip. Madison and Chatham sit on the NJ Transit Morristown Line with independent shops and cafes. Boonton's Main Street leans toward makers and owner-run restaurants, and Chester's Main Street is known for antiques and farm stands. Then work outward into the park system: Lewis Morris County Park near Morristown, Hacklebarney State Park in Chester, and the Patriots' Path trail network that links many of them.

Fall and early summer are the strongest. September and October bring apple and pumpkin picking at farms in Chester and Morristown, Oktoberfests in Chester and Rockaway Township, and street fairs like Madison's Bottle Hill Day and Morristown's Festival on the Green. June through August is fair, carnival, and free outdoor concert season across nearly every town, plus lake days on Lake Hopatcong. Winter brings holiday markets and Morristown's restaurant scene, and spring is best for hiking Jockey Hollow and the Great Swamp before the humidity arrives.

Local businesses appear in the Morris County Guide through advertising, which is what funds the guide and keeps it free to read. Shop Morris County offers full-page placements in the digital guide as well as sidebar placements, feature articles, newsletter spots, and social coverage across a Morris County audience of more than 140,000 monthly readers. See the Advertise page for current placements and rates, or email info@shopmorriscounty.com.