Seniors in Somerset County
Somerset County mixes horse country estates around Bernardsville and Far Hills with busy suburbs like Bridgewater and Hillsborough. Downtown Somerville has shops and restaurants close to the Raritan Valley Line train. The county park system includes some of the state's best public gardens.
Somerville, Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Franklin Township, Bernardsville, Basking Ridge, Bound Brook, Raritan
Good places to go
Day trips statewideFormer Doris Duke estate in Hillsborough with paved paths and trams.
A rose garden and arboretum in Franklin Township.
Rock gardens in a wooded ravine in Far Hills.
Golf history exhibits in Far Hills.
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