by Sheila | Oct 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
This event was shared to us by Leslie Glass, and it’s something that if my kids were a tad older I would take them. Support this great cause, http://www.childrens-specialized.org/ Here’s the info…. Children’s Specialized Hospital’s...
by Sheila | Oct 18, 2009 | Bergen County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Teaneck
From “The Playground Guide”- Bergen County Edition: ADDRESS: Queen Anne Rd & Court St DIRECTIONS: NJ-4 E to Queen Anne Rd ramp towards Ridgefield Park/Bergenfield. Turn right onto Queen Anne Rd and stay straight for approximately .6 miles. Turn...
by Sheila | Oct 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
NJ Playgrounds recommends: [kml_flashembed movie=”https://njplaygrounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/playguide.swf” height=”60″ width=”468″ /] Although this may only interest those in the Union County area, I thought to post it...
by Sheila | Oct 6, 2009 | Essex County Playgrounds, Nutley, Outdoor Playgrounds
Maple Pl. and Vreeland Avenue, Nutley, NJ. For detailed Nutley Parks and Recs information on the web click here. So far I think I’ve enjoyed this beautiful playground in Memorial Park the most for feeding ducks. A couple of playground structures, plenty of...
by Sheila | Sep 29, 2009 | Branchburg, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds
Another post by Sara Rall, a great contributor to this site 🙂 This is great timing since, Robyn just commented this on 9/26 as a favorite, shady playground: She says: “White Oak Park in Branchburg (Somerset County). It is located on Baird Road across from...
by Sheila | Sep 27, 2009 | Bergen County Playgrounds, Fort Lee, Outdoor Playgrounds
 Intersection of Gerome Avenue and Whiteman St., Fort Lee, NJ- Firemen’s Memorial Park is a small cute park that was busy on the day I had visited with my kids after school. It is on a nice quiet street, and you can get to it from the street as well as a...
by sararall | Sep 24, 2009 | Hunterdon County Playgrounds, Lebanon, Outdoor Playgrounds, Uncategorized
Note: Thanks Sara Rall for this excellent post! From Sara Rall Round Valley State Park in Lebanon, Hunterdon Co. is just east of where US Route 22 leaves I-78 at exit 18. Directions from NJ State Park Website: “Take I-78 west to exit 20 A to Route 22 west,...
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 14, 2009 | Z Blog
So, it’s official, my workload is not much but I continue to pursue this little passion of playgrounds, and I’m hoping to make it a wonderful site and resource for NJ parents. At the same time, I do want to make it profitable to cover my costs of...
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 sararall | Sep 3, 2009 | Branchburg, North Branch, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds
Another classic wooden structure! Thanks Sara Rall for capturing this great playground and sharing the info: 94 Readington Rd., North Branch in Branchburg, Somerset Co. The Midland School in Branchburg has a wonderful, shady, wooden ADA-accessible playground that is...
by Sheila | Sep 1, 2009 | Indoor Places to Play, North, Uncategorized
**UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMMUNITY CHILDREN’S MUSEUM IN DOVER NJ HAS CLOSED PERMANENTLY** **INFORMATION BELOW IS ONLY FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES** Have you checked out all our other indoor play areas? We have included a map of all NJ indoor playgrounds, NJ children...
by Sheila | Aug 30, 2009 | Indoor Places to Play
It probably is. We just started to focus on some rainy day destinations and want to improve what we have on our site. We already have an Indoor Playgrounds section but would like to beef it up. Update- Mcdonalds is doing away with playlands in 2023- so unfortunately...
by Sheila | Aug 28, 2009 | Battery Park, NYC Playground/Attractions, Outdoor Playgrounds
Between Warren Street and Murray Street, east of River Terrace, Battery Park, New York City, NY. Teardrop Park  is one of the great parks in Battery Park City. We had visited it the same day as Rockefeller Park . My oldest had a great time in the sprinkler area...
by sararall | Aug 25, 2009 | Hillsborough, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds
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...
by Sheila | Aug 24, 2009 | Camden County Playgrounds, Cherry Hill Area, Outdoor Playgrounds, Uncategorized
Haven’t got some personal posts for this one yet, but we’ll be working on it. For now, check out a great resource, waymarking.com! This link will bring you to the playgrounds in the Cherry Hill area. Are you tired of checking this site to see your county...
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 12, 2009 | Outdoor Playgrounds, PA Playgrounds/Attractions, Philadelphia Zoo
34th Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. *guest post* There are some great attractions at the Philadelphia Zoo. Great exhibits, all kinds of animals including very cool carnivores, including lions, tigers, cheetahs, bears, and others. Primates, penguins and...
by Sheila | Aug 11, 2009 | Essex County Playgrounds, Maplewood, Outdoor Playgrounds
Valley Street between Oakland Road & Oakland Avenue, Maplewood, NJ. (Playground really closer to Oakland Avenue though) Logistics: Although it is right by the train station, there is no accessibility for the disabled. Right across from the Firehouse. Sign on...
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 Sheila | Aug 10, 2009 | Indoor Places to Play, North
CLOSED FOREVER!!! NJ Childrens Museum last day was September 1, 2014. They were renting the building, and the building got sold to Valley Hospital. So sad!! Thanks to NJCM for all the fun times! We will leave this post up for historical reference. For other indoor...
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...
by sararall | Aug 9, 2009 | Bound Brook, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds, Uncategorized
561 East High St., Bound Brook (Somerset Co.) Another Post by Sara Rall, if I had a payroll she’d be on it! Found a link to the Crusaders website whose home is Billian Legion Park, they have some nice photos also of the ballfield as well. A large,...
by Sheila | Aug 4, 2009 | East Windsor, Mercer County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds
Woods Road, East Windsor, NJ Vinny Burzi shares some more great pictures, this time from East Windsor. They have a great Youth Directory online to check out more activities for kids. From Vinny: Woods Road Community Park is located at Woods Road just south of...
by Sheila | Aug 3, 2009 | LBI, Ocean County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds
Holly Ave. and W. Salem Avenue, Harvey Cedars, NJ See harvey cedars site and map.  Thanks C&S, master of the photoshop, for sharing your pictures of Sunset park in LBI! LBI is alot of fun in the summer with kids, and here is something to do for free! ...
