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Date of Photos & Review- 8/2007
Mendham Elementary School playground has a cute toddler friendly Little Tikes playground with fun design elements. Nicely shaded and mulched in a quiet residential area.
18 West Main St, Brookside
From I-287 take exit 36 which is the CR510/Laffayette Ave exit. Stay straight to go under the train trestle toward Morris Ave. Turn right at Morris and go through the light and at top of the hill make a right onto East Park Pl and then a left at the next light onto N Park Pl. Take a right onto Washington St which is CR 510/NJ 24. Continue for almost 5 miles and then turn right onto Cherry Ln. Follow Cherry Ln to Brookside and turn left on W Main St.
Parking
Benches
Picnic Tables
Baseball
Basketball
Soccer
Parking: Medium
Climbing: Drawbridge, chin-up bars, jungle gym, parallel bars, corkscrew pole
Playthings: Tic-tac-toe, mirror, storefronts, animal and ABC puzzles, looking glass, really cute windows with shutters, benches underneath equipment
Slides: One bump, one tube, two toddler, two straight, one corkscrew
Other Cool Stuff: Funnel ball, map drawings in parking lot
Make a Day of It
Rest at the Country Coffee Shop or the Wicker Basket and shop at Mendham Books.