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Editor’s Note: Little Sports Court Playground was torn up and replaced by this fabulous playground! Thanks to Charlene Wetterstrand for sharing these great photos of this fantastic play area! Wow! Parents will love this park, as it is a completely enclosed fenced in area. I’m grateful for our friends that scout out new playgrounds and
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Editor’s Note: After a long winter, we have received one of our first roving reporter posts! Rachel earns 2 passes to IMAGINE THAT!!! Children’s Museum in Florham Park, NJ. She shares this park which is in Warren NJ, a town that boasts many great playgrounds, check them all out here.  If you want to
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Franklin Lakes Municipal Field Playground- Walk along a paved path to this big playground behind the municipal building and local library. The playground is suitable to ages 5 – 12 with newer equipment. The area is not shaded and not fenced in but lots of really cool equipment to keep the kids busy. Ice cream
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Thanks to Sharon D, for contributing this park during our Roving Reporter promotion!
Station Park is a great big clean newly redone park with many things to do. There are 2 play grounds- Kids Kastle which many people know and see upon entering the park, and a smaller, less known, little gem
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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 full
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Paramus’ DiMaggio Park is located on Nichols Dr & Oliver Rd. It is a great playground in residential neighborhood. Two separate areas for each age group. Toddler area has swings and two animal rockers. Older area has great climbing and lots of slides.
DIRECTIONS: NJ-17 N to Linwood Ave exit. Turn right immediately off
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This is our first guest post from the Roving Reporter Promotion for Imagine That!!! Thanks to Sara for contributing this great park! I also love her suggestion for “Make a Day of It”
Located on 1 Fisher Ave. Parker Elementary School in Middlesex is a visually appealing, new school playground with
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From “The Playground Guide”- Bergen County Edition:
ADDRESS: approx 760 Saddle River Rd, Saddle Brook, NJ DIRECTIONS: NJ-4 E to the Saddle River Rd exit. Bear right off the exit and stay straight onto Saddle River Rd. Park entrance will be about ½ mile on your left. DESCRIPTION: Tremendous playground in the
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From “The Playground Guide”- Bergen County Edition:
Oradell Kids Foundation Playground is located on Prospect St & Oradell Ave, Oradell, NJ
DIRECTIONS: GSP N to exit 165 towards Oradell. Merge onto Oradell Ave for 1.6 miles and make a right onto Prospect St.
DESCRIPTION: A very special playground in the center of several ball fields
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353 Powerville Rd, Boonton, NJ
287N to Intervale Rd/Mtn. Lakes exit. At top of exit ramp turn left. At traffic light turn right onto Fanny Rd. At 2nd stop sign turn right and quickly bear left onto Powerville Rd. Proceed down Powerville Rd bearing right at the fork in the road to remain on Powerville
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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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Guest Post by Sara Rall:
Columbia Park, at the east end of Orange St. off South Washington Ave. in Dunellen, Middlesex County has a spectacular running track next to an interesting, shady, wooden playground.
The playground has a large structure with store fronts beneath, and a very
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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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Another fine guest post by Sara Rall-
Victor Crowell Park playground at the corner of Green Ave and Willow Dr. in Middlesex is a lovely shady park alongside a river. The playground has a structure for older children and one for very young.
There is also a big plastic climbing wall
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A BIG THANK YOU to Sara Rall for this guest post, truly a unique place to visit, and to enjoy nature
Hacklebarney State Park, 119 Hacklebarney Rd in the Long Valley section of Washington Township (Morris Co.) is one of my kids’ favorite places in the summer. (For all pictures check out the bottom of
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Guest Post by Sara Rall-
Inman Park, on Leupp Lane off John F Kennedy Blvd. in Franklin Township (Somerset County) has some very nice play equipment in a beautiful setting.
Be sure to park in the lot further to the northeast or you will have a long, hot trudge past the
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Thanks Sara Rall for this guest post! Mobus Park, Brookdale Rd., near Mountain Blvd., Watchung, Union Co.
Mobus Park is a lovely little shady community playground next to Watchung Lake. They have two metal and plastic play structures with a little play house under the one for younger kids, and a steep
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From “The Playground Guide”: ADDRESS: Scott Plaza DIRECTIONS: Rt 208 North or South to Ewing Ave exit. Go to light and make a right onto Franklin Ave. Take Franklin Ave and make a right into Scott Plaza at the Wyckoff Municipal Complex. If you went over the railroad tracks, you went too far. DESCRIPTION: A
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This is an excerpt from The Playground Guide- Sussex/Warren Edition: Over 40 of Sussex County parks are featured with color pictures in this guide + helpful information on every park in the county. These include parks in the south section of Sussex- Sussex YMCA, C.O. Johnson Park in Byram, Evergreen Park in Green and
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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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Greenwood Avenue and Chapel street, Madison NJ. What a great park, walking distance to the train station. I’m not familiar with Madison parks, but I love this playground with the central gazebo where you can keep track of the kids, mostly fenced with a rock wall, swings, slides, sandbox, and restrooms really closeby. Tennis courts
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