Trenton Island

Trenton Island

Trenton Island covers a small area on the banks of the Delaware River in New Jersey. It is close to the Atlantic Ocean and is nicknamed Capitol City. Covering only eight square miles, a lot of which is water, the population is surprisingly around 84,000.

The island is connected to the mainland by a few bridges, which cross over the Delaware River, namely Lower Trenton Bridge, Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge and Calhoun Street Bridge. For inhabitants and tourists, getting to Morrisville, Pennsylvania is easy.

There is a humid continental temperate climate in Trenton Island, which means the temperatures rarely dip below freezing in the winter and hit around 30 degrees Celsius during the summer months. It has been known for some hurricanes to pass over the island, but they are generally losing their power after heading north from the warmer climates in the USA.

Thankfully for shoppers, the sales tax on Trenton Island is 3.5 per cent, as opposed to the normal 7 per cent throughout the state of Pennsylvania. This generally encourages both locals and visitors to the island to buy goods at a discounted rate. For more information about the island visit trentonisland.org.

The trentonisland.org website is a fantastic resource for those who live on the island or for those wanting to visit it. You can find out what the best things to do in Trenton are or places to see, as well as where the best tourist resorts are. If you're visiting the island, one of the most unique ways to see it is by boat on the Delaware River.