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 Sheila | Sep 12, 2009 | Bergen County Playgrounds, Fort Lee, Outdoor Playgrounds
Constitution Park is located between Fletcher Avenue & Lewis Street & Linwood Avenue, Fort Lee, NJ. http://www.fortleenj.net/parks-recreation/constitution.html Mira from MiraBest.com, had suggested this park to visit, so I did! It was great, however I made...
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,...
by sararall | Aug 17, 2009 | Chester, Morris County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds
Sara Rall guest post: Grove St. Playground in Chester is an excellent, fairly large, shady playground a few blocks south of Main St. They have a large climbing structure for older kids with two climbing walls. There are giant boulders to climb, too. For younger...
by Sheila | Aug 17, 2009 | Bridgewater, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds
Grand Blvd. (at north end, off East Main St.), Bridgewater, NJ Guest Post by Sara Rall: To get to the park you walk across Betty’s Bridge and past a preserved wetlands. It’s a fairly small, shady park with a play structure for older kids and one for...
by Sheila | Aug 15, 2009 | Bergen County Playgrounds, Leonia, Outdoor Playgrounds, Uncategorized
Intersection of Broad and Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ. Parking is in the back of the Leonia Library (227 Fort Lee Road), you’ll see a big sign for Wood Park. Other than the park, you can play tennis, basketball, and there are picnic tables close to the big...
by sararall | Aug 13, 2009 | Bernards Twp., Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds
Corner of Liberty Corner Rd./Church St. and Somerville Rd. in Liberty Corner, Bernards Twp., Somerset Co. Guest Post by Sara Rall: Huge, new, sunny playground on the top of a hill. There is a large structure for little children with several slides, bridges, tubes...
by Sheila | Aug 10, 2009 | Essex County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, South Orange
298 Walton Avenue, South Orange, NJ. Very close to Maplewood border. Small nice shady park, and red tubes give kids plenty of opportunity to crawl through them. A few spaces for parking and it was pretty quiet when we went. Less popular than Memorial Park in...
by sararall | Aug 9, 2009 | Martinsville, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds
Chimney Rock Rd., 3 blocks south of Washington Valley Rd., Martinsville, Somerset Co. Admin Note: More from Sara Rall, thanks for the great pictures, and recommendations on the food establishments in the area. I just saw the site for Gabriel’s Fountain and we...
