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Phelps Park, Teaneck

Phelps Park, Teaneck, NJ

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 in most of

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Gebhardt Field, Clinton, NJ

Sandbox heaven!

Guest Post by Sara Rall

Gebhardt Field, 65 Halstead St., Clinton (Hunterdon Co.) is an aging playground with lots of equipment and a huge sandbox full of toys.

There is a large climber for older kids and a smaller one for younger, as well as two bouncy cars, a bouncy dino, a 2-person seesaw, an interesting

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North Branch Park, Bridgewater

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 on 355 Milltown Rd., Bradley Gardens, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset County.

North Branch

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Griffin Park, Tenafly

From Victoria H.

Griffin Park Tenafly -

It has two areas. One area for bigger kids and another area for smaller kids which is enclosed. It is also shaded. The climbing equipment in the smaller area is just the right height for littler kids, there is also a little store front and some baby

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Berdan Grove Park, Fair Lawn, NJ

Located on Berdan Avenue and Sunnyside Dr., Fair Lawn, NJ, Victoria shares this Berdan playground in Fair Lawn with us! Thanks Victoria for the pictures and your recommmendation! For more pics check out bottom of post

from Victoria-

This is one of my favorite playgrounds to take my son. The equipment is all very low to the

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New Market Park, Piscataway, NJ

Guest Post by Sara Rall:

New Market Park, on Kossuth Dr. (note: Kossuth is one way northbound) at Allen St. East in Piscataway (Middlesex Co.) is my favorite of Piscataway’s extensive system of neighborhood parks.

The playground has a nautical theme with a triple slide “rock wall” stairs, suspended steps, and a cool piston toy. They also

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Memorial Park, Fair Lawn, NJ

1st Street and Lambert Road, Fairlawn, NJ.

Guest Post by Victoria H.

Memorial Park in Fair Lawn is a nice playground with a parking lot right by the playground equipment. The equipment is high off the ground so probably better for older kids, but there are some baby swings. There also are a few picnic tables and

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Crim School, Bridgewater, NJ

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, mushroom caps, spiral pole, parallel inclined poles,
log roller, zip line, even more.

Then there is a smaller structure with a

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Rockytop Playground in Rock Spring Park, Washington Twp., NJ

Another Sara Rall Guest Post, Sara for President! I’m lucky to have such a generous contributor!

Rockytop Playground, in Rock Spring Park, by the intersection of Schooley’s Mountain Rd. and East Springtown Rd. in the Schooley’s Mountain section of Washington Twp. (Morris Co.) is and excellent, sunny playground with lots of
interesting equipment and a big sandbox.
The

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Naaman Williams Park, Somerset, Franklin

Guest Post by Sara Rall-
Naaman Williams Park, on Irving St., just north of Somerset St (Route 27) in Somerset, Franklin Twp., Somerset County is a big, sunny park with a lot to offer.

Naaman Williams Park is sunny, with a large play structure for older kids next to a small pavilion and a fenced area for

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