This is definitely one of my favorite parks. It has a dog park and so many places to sit, walk,…read morejog and basically enjoy. It's quiet and not overcrowded. My husband and I had a picnic there this weekend and we spent it well. Found a nice shaded area right alone the stream and laid down a blanket and set up our two chairs and watched a documentary. while sharing a meal, snacks and drinks. It was definitely a well spent afternoon.

Nice long walk along the river. We didn't make it to the waterfall. It was too windy. Paved walk so…read morevery easy to follow. The park has a playground. Good for kids to run around. Many different kinds of swings. I will try to come and visit in summer. I think it will be better.

Love coming to this park for a walk during my lunch break. It has a bathroom that's open from April…read moreto October and it is kept clean. They also have water stations to refill your water bottle. Overall, this place makes me feel secure and safe to walk around with headphones on.

Great place for kids. This park features a baseball field, lots of running space, and jungle gyms…read morefor all ages. This park has water fountain, bike parking, bathrooms, and trash cans available. I have been here a couple times to run as well as with family to enjoy the kids park. It can get a little crowded during peak hours but besides that it's a great place. Parking is available when you show up, not many cars can fit in the lot. If you ride your bike here the parking is by the jungle gyms. Bathrooms and water fountains are by the parking lot. If you're going for a run you can start by the baseball field and loop around behind the jungle gym. Park has a section of cherry blossoms which is nice too. If you picnic please take your trash with you, it's not a cute look. Enjoy your visit ! I know I did!

Here's my go to place being a baseball coach. Fields are always taken care of and everything is…read moregenerally clean. Safe place to go for a walk or jog, especially on the newly turfed facility. Only downfall is the turf baseball field is always locked unless you pay for a permit. Being that I'm pretty sure tax dollars built and upkeep this park, it's a shame a father and son can't enjoy the turf baseball field to get some hitting in or even just to play catch. It also helps that I've been coaching so long, I know all the spots in case the main fields are claimed.

I am extremely displeased with the dog safety in this park in general not the fenced in dog park…read morearea. I take my dog to this park daily and there has been multiple instances where dogs are off leashes running the field and the owners don't have control. Last night I was walking my dog and she was attacked by another dog that wasn't leashed came up behind us and went after my dog. Luckily my dog wasn't injured badly because I was able to pick her up before the other dog got to her further. I told the owner of the dog to put her dog on a leash where she then spoke vulgarity back to me and threatened me. There are signs in this park stating they should be leashed unless in the dog park area yet no one follows it. I'm extremely disappointed that my dog had to endure pain because of the negligence of the owners. I am hoping that the town will look into this further and push for owners to have their dogs leashed no matter what. No matter how well trained your dog is you don't know what can happen and as a dog owner you need to protect them as well as other dogs nearby by leashing them. I hope the town will do better by enforcing the dog on leashes as they are posted on the grounds entering and exiting this park.

This is a wonderful place to bring the whole family. They have about 12 different trails, all…read moreseparated in different levels of difficulty. The trails are free to enter but they do request for volunteer donation for non members. Different tiers of annul membership available to purchase at main office that comes with some wonderful perks, such as free access to trails and special events. The main office also has some of the exhibition items like insect box and turtle box. Outside the office there's also bird and butterfly cages. We went to the center for our daughter to participate in butterfly feeding event. Upon arrival we found out we had to buy the tickets for one of the two scheduled events. Luckily there were slots available to the second event on the day. The ticket was reasonably cheap, only $8. It also came with an additional bird's exhibition that took place right in front of office deck. All the stuff members were very friendly, informative and interactive. We spent wonderful couple of hours here on beautiful warm summer day.

This place is huge!!!! Visit and buy a membership and go often! The staff is kind, dedicated and…read moreknowledgeable! Sign up for a program or hike today!

At the risk of sounding arrogant, I'm used to larger parks-- parks that offer baseball, soccer, and…read morefootball fields, hiking and running trails, hockey rinks, picnic tables, outdoor grills, facilities for large groups to gather indoors, water fountains, bathrooms, ample parking lots, even...disc golf. Sunset Memorial Park is miniscule in comparison to them, and it offers...well, benches to sit down on and enjoy the scenery that presents itself. Just to be clear, I don't mean that as a dig. I like the park, although I've never spent a lot of time in it. And...at the risk of belaboring my life story...I had virtually no familiarity with Rutherford at all...its parks or anything else about it...until my birth mother located me (with the somewhat reluctant assistance of the Lutheran Agency through which I had been adopted many moons earlier) and reached out approximately 20 years ago. At that time, my maternal grandmother resided not far from where Sunset Memorial Park is located. This is the area where my birth mother spent her teenage years (she spent her childhood years in Hoboken). It's where I first met my genetic relatives, who were...thankfully...warm and welcoming. I never felt I was replacing the family I was raised with...they were, and always will be, my family...but I have expanded that family, and consider my relatives...both genetic and adopted...family. My late grandmother loved this park and would come here often up until her final years, when her son (my uncle) moved her down to North Carolina and out of the old family residence. I've only actually walked in the park once or twice, and found it pleasant enough, but I pass here often when driving to visit my birth mother. She tells a story of how her father, a decent guy by all accounts, but a bit of the tyrannical puritan (he died years before my reunion with my genetic family took place, and I unfortunately was never able to meet him, but I think, if I can play the dime store psychiatrist about someone whose genes I carry but never actually encountered face to face, he was probably somewhat conflicted emotionally and perhaps psychologically; his father's family were wealthy Protestants originally from New Hampshire, which certainly clashed...religiously and culturally...with his mother's Brooklyn working-class Irish Catholicism; he insisted his children be raised as Congregationalists, but when he had had a few beers and was feeling no pain, he was not adverse to singing "Danny Boy" and other Irish classics, often in the company of his maternal Irish relatives, whom he revered), came upon a teenaged couple "making out" in the park and brusquely told them to move on and to take it somewhere else. My birth mother was mortified and embarrassed. (It's ironic, perhaps, that I was "conceived" in a house just a stone's throw from the park and born to teenagers who were also "making out.") In addition to being small, the park is sort of on a tilt, so when you walk around it, you're almost walking at an angle. It's well cared for and landscaped with thorough professionalism (U.S. Veterans have worked together to revitalize it), and it does have more than enough benches for sitting. Is there much to see from those benches? Well...Rutherford is a nice Bergen County town. It seems to have aged well. The houses surrounding the park are not new, but they're well kept, and there are abundant trees in the vicinity (Rutherford is often referred to as "the borough of trees"). Of course, not far distant, across the polluted Passaic River (with numerous homeless people living on its banks), is the grimy, often dangerous, always depressing city of Passaic. As invariably happens in life, grim reality is never far off from intruding upon whatever peace and restorative tranquility we can temporarily find for ourselves. But, for all that, it's still a nice place to sit, reflect, meditate, and contemplate life in all its ramifications and complexities. To relax, maybe have a conversation with a friend, or friends. It's definitely an old park (according to a marker set up near its perimeter, it was established in 1905 on land donated by Henry Jackson, whoever he was), so it has that certain timeless quality and sense of history about it. Just don't expect to play any disc golf while you're here.

The story goes that Rutherford landowener Henry R. Jackson use to enjoy watching the sunset from…read morethis rolling hill area of his land.  He later donated the plot of  land to the town with the cavit that it would remain as an undeveloped recreatiomn area.   110 Years later on street named after Jackson sits the small park which also serves a memmorial to WWI, and WWII local servicemen, a  memmorial  is here dedicated to their memory and sacrifice. Other than that hardly anyone is seen at this park, and due to development across the Passaic River those sunset are not the same as they where in Jackson's time.

What a beautiful park , definitely a perfect place for summer concerts !!! There's lots of trees…read moreand plenty of shade . The only downer is the fact they have no bathrooms :( and they should also consider having some food trucks when there's live entertainment because sitting in the heat with no food or water is brutal .

Great park near shopping/commercial district of Rutherford. Has band stand. During Year the town…read moresponsors numerous events. Today was Half Way to St Patrick's Day. BCB bank was major sponsor of free food , music and beer garden. James Rizzo of BCB bank was instrumental in setting up todays event.

This park is located on Bloomfield Ave. near Kingsland Rd. and is a great little park that is well…read morekept by Nutley as are all their other parks. There is a basketball court, soccer field, and softball field all within close proximity. The playground is small but that's a good thing if you have a couple of speedy kids to keep an eye on which I do. On the far end of the park there is a creek with a walkway for any nature walk enthusiasts out there. A restroom and water fountain is also located on grounds. It is also a regular stop for an ice cream truck so be prepared to buy ice cream. A really nice park to enjoy with kids.

I really like parks that have something for everyone. it has a softball field and basketball…read morecourts. You can find swing sets for children of any age as well as some really good slides. My daughters love coming here and hanging out for the day. When we are done with this section you can go for a nice walk along the paths located in the park. Park has a bathroom and water fountain for kids that is kept pretty clean. An ice cream truck does stop by regularly but unfortunately it's not Mr Softee and only specializes in ice creams bars. If your looking for a nice place to sit back relax and watch your kids play I recommend stopping by. If you're hungry stop by Louis Place Pizzeria for a slice, which is only to blocks away