Toms River
General data
- Name: Toms River
- Water system: Atlantic Ocean
- Water type: River
- Progression: Barnegat Bay -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Temperate
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
The Toms River is a 41.7-mile-long (67.1 km) freshwater river and estuary in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
The river rises in the Pine Barrens of northern Ocean County, then flows southeast and east, where it is fed by several tributaries, and flows in a meandering course through wetlands. The river empties into Barnegat Bay—an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean—and the Intracoastal Waterway at Mile 14.6