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Passaic
County Parks Department
311 Pennsylvania Avenue
Paterson, NJ 07503
(973) 881-4832
Passaic
County is situated in the upper northeastern portion of New Jersey
and offers visitors a wide variety of recreational activities.
It has city, suburban and rural areas as well as thousands of
acres of parkland.
Rifle
Camp Park
West Paterson, NJ
Rifle Camp Park ahs a wide variety of recreational activities,
an amphitheater for concerts and events, the John Crowley Nature
Center and Astronomical Observatory.
Goffle
Brook Park
Hawthorne, NJ
Goffle Brook Park is a 103-acre park is adjacent to the Goffle
Brook. It contains a pond, stocked with trout, athletic fields,
a playground, and a contained dog park.
Weasel
Brook Park
Clifton, NJ
Weasel Brook Park is a neighborhood park with a brook, two softball
fields and basketball courts and playgrounds and regulation Horseshoe
Pits.
Friendship
Park
Bloomingdale, NJ
Friendship Park is an 8-acre park with hiking trails in natural
woodland setting. A small parking lot is located adjacent to the
park.
Tranquility Ridge
Ringwood and West Milford, NJ
Tranquility Ridge is a 2,110-acre woodland that was originally
part of the Sterling Forest tract . Hikers enjoy the getting back
to nature and a deep forest.
SanCap
Park
West Milford, NJ
SanCap Park is mostly undeveloped except for a small portion that
contains athletic fields. Hiking trails are in the A. Abram S.
Hewitt State Forest.
Apshawa
Preserve
West Milford, NJ
Apshawa Preserve is a 512-acre park with a 43-acre reservoir and
miles of hiking trails. Next to tne park is a 68-acre tract owned
by the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.
Garret
Mountain Reservation
West Paterson, NJ
Garret Mountain Reservation is a 568-acre recreational area, situated
more than 500 feet above sea level. It has views of northern New
Jersey and the New York City skyline.
Lambert
Castle and its Observation Tower are also located in Garret Mountain
Reservation.
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