by sararall | Oct 7, 2010 | Dunellen, Middlesex County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds
Guest Post by Sara Rall: Columbia Park, at the east end of Orange St. off South Washington Ave. in Dunellen, Middlesex County has a spectacular running track next to an interesting, shady, wooden playground. The playground has a large structure with store fronts...
by Sheila | Sep 1, 2010 | Bergen County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Teaneck
near intersection of Wilson Avenue and Cumberland Avenue, Teaneck, NJ. We park right on Wilson Avenue and walk over to the park. We always love visiting our friend in Teaneck, and found out that it is one of the few towns we know of that have a sprinkler fountain ...
by Sheila | Aug 7, 2010 | Outdoor Playgrounds, Bridgewater, Somerset County Playgrounds
Guest Post by Sara Rall! (I’ve been tardy with getting all of Sara’s great posts online, this one is truly a gem, I love the hand-cranked feature here, makes it pretty special! Also what a great place to launch some rockets!) North Branch Park is located...
by sararall | Jun 23, 2010 | Bridgewater, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds
Sara Rall Guest Post- Crim School playground, 1300 Crim Rd., Bridgewater (Somerset Co.) is another of Bridgewater Township’s incredible collection of school playgrounds. The main climbing structure has slides, bridges, tubes, poles, climbing walls, a net bridge,...
by sararall | Jun 6, 2010 | Chester, Long Valley, Morris County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds
A BIG THANK YOU to Sara Rall for this guest post, truly a unique place to visit, and to enjoy nature Hacklebarney State Park, 119 Hacklebarney Rd in the Long Valley section of Washington Township (Morris Co.) is one of my kids’ favorite places in the summer....
by Sheila | Apr 24, 2010 | Bergen County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Uncategorized, Wyckoff
From “The Playground Guide”: ADDRESS: Scott Plaza DIRECTIONS: Rt 208 North or South to Ewing Ave exit. Go to light and make a right onto Franklin Ave. Take Franklin Ave and make a right into Scott Plaza at the Wyckoff Municipal Complex. If you went over...
by Sheila | Sep 27, 2009 | Bergen County Playgrounds, Fort Lee, Outdoor Playgrounds
 Intersection of Gerome Avenue and Whiteman St., Fort Lee, NJ- Firemen’s Memorial Park is a small cute park that was busy on the day I had visited with my kids after school. It is on a nice quiet street, and you can get to it from the street as well as a...
by Sheila | Sep 19, 2009 | Belleville, Essex County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Uncategorized
Belleville Avenue and Parkview Avenue, Belleville, NJ. Belleville Park belongs to Essex County and borders Branch Brook Park. If you are looking for the playground in Branch Brook, the maps at Branch Brook don’t help much.  I spent the day touring Branch...
by sararall | Sep 8, 2009 | Bridgewater, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds
By Sara Rall- Hillside School, 844, Brown Ave., Bridgewater is yet another wonderful Bridgewater school playground. My kids’ favorite part is the slide on the way to the playground. There are actually two playgrounds here, separated by a sports field. The older,...
by Sheila | Aug 21, 2009 | Battery Park, NYC Playground/Attractions, Outdoor Playgrounds
North end of Battery Park City, west of River Terrace, New York, NY. Battery Park has an awesome parks system, with sprinkler parks, playgrounds galore. I’m focusing on a couple of their parks that we visited this August. Logistics- Parking, Ferries, Path,...
