Bernardsville is a well-to-do community located in
Somerset County, in the
Skylands Region, at the junction of US Highway 202 and state highway 525, near the
Passaic River, and one mile west of I-287. Bernardsville is part of the
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, New Jersey metro area.
It is named after Gov. Francis Bernard. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a past resident.
The Somerset Hills Country Club is nearby, as is the Scherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary.