Short Hills, New Jersey

About Short Hills

Short Hills, NJ is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern New Jersey.

Short Hills holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.26 square miles.

📰 Short Hills News Today

• Millburn to Undertake Short Hills Train Station Improvements Ahead of NJ Deadline TAPinto · Oct 8
• Adam Sandler Is Living In Short Hills While Filming Grown Ups 3 New Jersey Monthly Magazine · Aug 11
• Toys "R" Us to open location at The Mall at Short Hills NJ.com · Sep 26
• Short Hills Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Toys’R’Us Expansion to Include Short Hills Mall Location Montclair Girl · Sep 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest New Jersey headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Short Hills Unique

• The only place in America named Short Hills — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Short Hills

• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• The Carriage House Restaurant
• Bagels-4-U — bagel
• Benihana — japanese
• Boxcar Tavern
• Livingston Diner
• Par 440 Restaurant & Lounge
• Sweet Basil's Cafe — american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Short Hills

• Fox Hill Reserve reviews ★
• Greenwood Gardens · Garden reviews ★
• Habitat · Garden reviews ★
• Short Hills Park reviews ★
• South Mountain Reservation reviews ★
• White Oak Ridge Park reviews ★
• William "Lefty" Boland Memorial Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Short Hills

• Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center
• Burnet Hill Elementary School
• Deerfield School
• Glenwood School
• Hartshorn School
• Millburn Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Short Hills

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