Rock Springs Park, Washington Township

Rock Springs Park and the Rocky Springs Playground is located on Route 24 & Schooley Mountain Rd in Washington Township.

From Route 78W take Exit #24 toward Oldwick / Whitehouse and bear right toward Oldwick. Turn right at Oldwick Rd which turns into Old Turnpike Rd, follow this road for nearly 6 miles. Old

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June 13th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Morris County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Washington Township | One comment

The Westvale Park in Westwood

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Rebecca from Englewood Cliffs for submitting this review of a brand new park in Westwood! Looks great!!! For her submission Rebecca earns 4 tickets to Asbury Splash Park. If you want to earn tickets to this perfect summer spot, click here to find out more about our Roving Reporter Promotion.

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April 20th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Bergen County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Westwood | One comment

Michael J. Tighe Park Freehold NJ

Michael J. Tighe Park, formerly known as Liberty Oak Park, a local township park located in Freehold NJ, is home to many open sports fields and 3 separate playground areas. Right along Remembrance Road, the park spans a huge area, with many sports fields. Was impressed with how much the park had, that we took

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October 13th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Freehold, Monmouth County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds | One comment

Ruckman Park, Closter NJ

Ruckman Park in Closter has a huge playground area with two structures. The older child structure is very tall and has a very steep triple slide. There are also independent rock walls, tunnels, monkey bars, and so much to do. The structure for the little ones isn’t toddler size, but is definitely smaller. Expect

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May 24th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Bergen County Playgrounds, Closter, Outdoor Playgrounds | Leave a comment

Wilde Field, Glen Rock NJ

Glen Rock’s Wilde Field Playground has 3 distinct playground areas. One small toddler fenced in area with Little Tykes equipment. The other two sections are together but for different age groups. The area is nicely shaded under tall trees with lots of climbing. The equipment offers something for everyone with the different levels of

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May 23rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Bergen County Playgrounds, Glen Rock, Outdoor Playgrounds | Leave a comment

Frank D. Zaccaria Park, West Paterson, NJ

 

Thanks to Michelle for our newest roving reporter submission that is in West Paterson, or now currently known as Woodland Park. Thanks to this new promotion with Imagine That!!! we are getting alot more favorites from our NJ Playground Facebook fans!

Michelle’s review:

Zaccaria Park is located in West Paterson

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May 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Outdoor Playgrounds, Passaic County Playgrounds, West Paterson, Woodland Park | 7 comments

Kidspot Playground at Memorial Field, Rutherford NJ

Kidspot Playground at Memorial Field in Rutherford (located on Darwin Ave.) is a huge playground at a dead end area of a town recreational complex. The playground is two stories of bridges and ramps. It is handicap accessible and has lots of small areas to maneuver and play in. There are puzzles and tunnels

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May 5th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Bergen County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Rutherford | Leave a comment

Veterans Park, Ridgefield Park, NJ

Veterans Park is located on Overlook Ave & Morningside Ln in Ridgefield Park This bright red and blue playground is hidden at the town’s baseball fields. The play area sits below the parking area and there are steeps steps to take to it. The equipment is all bright and picnewer condition. There are lots

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May 5th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Bergen County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds, Ridgefield Park | One comment

Continental Soldiers Park, Mahwah, NJ

Located on Ramapo Valley Rd & Twp Recreation Park Drwy in Mahwah, NJ, Continental Soldiers Park has a brand new field and playground. This recreational area has a football turf stadium, a pavilion with picnic tables, and a skate board park. The playground is right next to the football stadium, completely fenced in with

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May 5th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Bergen County Playgrounds, Mahwah, Outdoor Playgrounds | Leave a comment

Dunham Lebed Park, Franklin, NJ

Guest Post by Sara Rall-

Dunham Lebed Park, Willow Ave and 15th St. in the Ukrainian Village section of Franklin Twp., Somerset County is a lovely neighborhood park perfect for kids who like plastic climbing walls.

There is one main play structure in this sunny park, but it has more climbing

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October 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Franklin, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds | Leave a comment

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,

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August 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Bridgewater, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds | One comment

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

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June 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Morris County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds | Leave a comment

White Oak Park, Branchburg, NJ

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 Branchburg Central Middle School. It is an active

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September 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Branchburg, Outdoor Playgrounds, Somerset County Playgrounds | 3 comments

Holmdel Park- Forest Edge Section, Holmdel, NJ

Edit: Not too far away from this park is the sledding section, check out the map below and this link from Monmouth County Parks for more information on sledding! 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. Update: Just found out when I visited I had only seen one of the playgrounds, I’ll be posting a second Holmdel

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November 5th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Holmdel, Monmouth County Playgrounds, Outdoor Playgrounds | Leave a comment