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Memorial Park, Scotch Plains

1255 Hetfield Avenue, Scotch Plains, NJ. Quiet place, but a good amount of ramps, winding around for kids to run around and various slides in this playground. See pics below. 2 sets of swings in the lower area, and ball field is on the other side. You can also grill here

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Lincoln Park, Cranford, NJ

Lincoln Ave E & Retford Ave, Cranford, NJ

Since I started writing for the Cranford version of the Patch, (my neighboring town) I will be in the area more often. Talking with the Parks and Recreation staff at the Community Center, they suggested that I visit Lincoln Park as the best playground area in the

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Esposito Park, Clark, NJ

Approximate address: 659 Madison Hill Rd., Clark, NJ. In between Garden State Parkway and Hazelnut Cemetery.

Esposito Park was opened in October, 2008 and has a great skate park as well as a big spongy floor fenced playground area. Here is an excerpt from NJ.COM

Esposito Farm Park was designed with community input as a county park

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Columbia Park, Berkeley Heights, NJ

Hamilton Ave, Berkeley Heights, NJ. (near Plainfield Ave. intersection) Thanks Rachel for this recommendation, my oldest had a great time especially with the monkey bars which still make me nervous! Some of the mothers that were there said they were appreciative of some of the newer equipment but they skimped out on some of the

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Tamaques Park, Westfield, NJ

1515 Lamberts Mill Road, Westfield, NJ. Hello Union County, my shady friend, I always come back to you. So I had visited this friend with a long-time college buddy and her 2 lovely girls. I think I told her about how much I loved the shade in this park about 5 times. 2 playgrounds, one

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Wilson Park, Summit, NJ

14 Beekman Terrace, Summit, NJ- Link to Park Talk about fun exploring, my kids really enjoyed this park. Great little park for younger kids, at first when I visited, I didn’t see that there was a playground (with rubber surface) that actually belongs to the school (open after 3pm to the public) which is alot

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Morris-Union Jointure Playground, New Providence, NJ

340 Central Avenue, New Providence NJ. Only open to public after 6pm on weekdays, and all-day on weekends. Got this great find for children with special needs through the Kid’s Guide publication for NJ. This is adjacent to the Developmental Learning Center (DLC), of New Providence which is administered by the Morris-Union

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Memorial Park, Westfield, NJ

713 Cumberland Street, Westfield, NJ. Thanks to kids guide for the information regarding special needs: This park was built by Greg Rayn, Jr. in 2004 for his Boy Scout Eagle project. It is wheelchair-accessible with rubber surfacing with 4 special needs swings. Not as popular as Mindowaskin Park, this quiet little park is adjacent to

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Chisholm Park, Springfield, NJ

South Springfield Avenue and Shunpike Road, Springfield, NJ. UPDATED 6/3/09- Chisholm Park is newly renovated!!!! 175K was or is being used to update some of Springfield’s playgrounds including this one. Very nicely done, could use a few more benches, but the boys had a great time here. Very active with kids, and a huge field

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Greenside Playground, Scotch Plains, NJ

Westfield Road and Greenside Place, Scotch Plains, NJ.
This is the park where I met 2 great moms here from setting up a playground playdate through babycenter.com and we’ve been friends ever since. It is this friendship that inspired me to create this website to provide a way to connect with other moms.
The park is

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