Degnan Memorial Park, West Orange, NJ

650 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ. Degnan Memorial park has a great playground nearby a peaceful lake. For both pre-school and school-age children, my kids enjoyed it very much.Â

Very popular, and fun for climbers. Swings slides, bouncy seat/characters and fencing. Friendly crowd was there when we went. If you are in this

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September 29th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Essex County Playgrounds, Featured Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, West Orange | Leave a comment

Lafayette Park, West Orange, NJ

Park and Ashland Avenue, West Orange, NJ. Thanks Nancy W., a fellow Yelper (www.yelp.com) from West Orange. She mentioned the playground in a review for Schneider Hardware nearby. This is a pretty small playground, fenced in, good for toddlers, and 4 “bouncy” seats, slides and a few swings. If you are in the area, I’d

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September 29th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Essex County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, West Orange | Leave a comment

Brookdale Park, Bloomfield & Montclair, NJ

PLEASE SEE OUR NEW POST FOR THE NEW BROOKDALE PARK PLAYGROUND!!! BROOKDALE PARK HAS NEW PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES!!! THIS POST IS FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY.

Brookdale Park is located on Watchung Avenue and Circuit Drive, Bloomfield, NJ.  This was a very nice playground (2 separate ones) and Brookdale Park itself is gorgeous.  Thanks to http://www.brookdaleparkconservancy.org/ for

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September 21st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Bloomfield, Essex County Playgrounds, Montclair, Outdoor Playgrounds | Leave a comment

Verona Park, Verona, NJ

Bloomfield Avenue and Lakeside Avenue, Verona, NJ. I love this park, it is absolutely beautiful with a lake nearby, place to run (I used to go here a while back but pre-kids so never noticed the playground) and a beautiful flower garden next to the playground. A very popular playground, so parking is scarce. Also

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September 21st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Essex County Playgrounds, Featured Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Verona | 3 comments

Cedar Grove Park, Cedar Grove, NJ

Around 50 Little Falls Road, Cedar Grove, NJ. This has 2 playgrounds separated by a soccer field, so they are pretty far apart, but a parking lot is adjacent to the soccer field. The first playground (first half of pictures) was for school-age children and had swings slides and a climbing/more like rocky stairs structure.Â

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September 21st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Cedar Grove, Essex County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds | Leave a comment

Weehawken Waterfront Park, Weehawken, NJ

Port Imperial Blvd., Weehawken, NJ (around 83 Port Imperial according to gps)Â

Coming from 495E from the Hoboken/Weehawken exit, make a right on N. marginal highway and then make a left on Baldwin Avenue and then a left on Port Imperial Blvd. You’ll see the park almost immediately on right-hand side by the

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September 16th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Featured Playgrounds, Hudson County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Weehawken | Leave a comment