New Jersey’s ‘Bottomless’ Pine Barrens Blue Hole Surrounded by Folklore and Urban Legends

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A secluded, deep-blue pool in the Pine Barrens continues to draw visitors each year despite safety warnings and long-running legends that describe it as “bottomless,” haunted, and dangerously unpredictable.

Known as the Blue Hole, the circular body of water sits between Winslow Township in Camden County and Monroe Township in Gloucester County, surrounded by dense...