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Orchard Park is a lovely wooden-style castle playground located in a quiet street in Maplewood NJ. If you have been to the Loop at Watchung Reservation before they started renovating it, it has a very similar look but in a much smaller scale. My friend Bin had recommended it to me as a former Maplewood
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Guest Post by Sara Rall- (love the pictures, Sara!)
Califon Island Park, on Bank Rd. just north of Mill St. in Califon (Hunterdon Co.) is one of the few remaining wooden castle playgrounds in the state.
The playground has a large, interconnected wooden structure, with a section for little ones including a small slide and low rings,
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Shady Haworth Memorial Park
Thanks Elizabeth L. for sending us this description and great photos!:
“Entrance to Park at corner of Whitman St. and Hoover Way (off Madison Avenue), Haworth, NJ
Great wooden castle playground. Huge. Areas for older and younger kids. Minimal entrances/exits. TONS of shade. Swings, slides, etc.
It’s got pebble ground cover,
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A Sara Rall guest post:
Hillsborough Municipal Playground at the west end of the municipal complex at South Branch Rd. and Beekman La., Hillsborough, Somerset Co.
For the official Hillsborough Parks Website, check out this link
Hillsborough has a wonderful, big, shady wooden castle playground right next to the town hall. There are slides, bridges, tunnels, mirrors, tons
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Field of Dreams is located on 314 Old Allerton Road, Annandale, NJ (at the Immaculate Conception Church and School). Make sure you drive up to the church and make a left to see this huge but hidden playground. This is a great pit stop for those traveling through Jersey, especially if you are going west
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105 Grand Avenue, Hackensack, NJ at the Fairmount School. So I’ve been on this quest to find some great ADA accessible playgrounds and was so lucky to find this one. I think the most fulfilling playgrounds are the ones that people’s heart and soul are committed to a cause and make things happen. That story
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CLOSURE ALERT- ***Kidstreet closed for maintenance until 3/15/2012 (Thurs) *** via Joann on Facebook
Kidstreet is located near the intersection of Commons Way and Hanlon Dr., Bridgewater, NJ. Best bet is to follow directions to the Municipal Bldg of Bridgewater (700 Garretson Road). There is alot of construction going on as of 6/30/2009. You will see
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Imagination Playground in Succasunna (Roxbury) NJ is an impressive playground built by the community and again rebuilt.
Come check out the newest improvements including my son’s favorite rocketship structure.
UPDATE: PLAYGROUND IS COMPLETE, AND BEAUTIFUL!! these pictures are from this link
Also check out their main page for information-
BEFORE:
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Sneak peek of Roxbury rebuilt
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Change Bridge Road, Montville, NJ. Thanks to my friend Allison Barbag for this recommendation. Very nice huge playground, our kids had a lot of fun today there. This is the biggest one I’ve seen in NJ yet. Great for pre-school and school-age kids. If you like slides, this has a giant one! Check out the
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4/14/2012- update we took video- check it out, looking good, but still under construction!
LOOP IS CLOSED DUE TO PLAYGROUND CONSTRUCTION- 2/2012- WILL UPDATE WHEN REOPENS..
HERE IS THE NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT IT- LINK
Watchung Reservation-Loop Playground- W.R. Tracy Ave., Mountainside, NJ. The kids love this expansive playground, it is in great shape, and very popular. Despite
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