Super nice 3 mile trail around lake with tall walls from an old marl factory half way around. Water…read moreis super clear and tho' it says no swimming, you may fall off your paddle board sometimes! Has parking w boat launch and a porta potty.

Happy Sunday my fellow Adventurers!…read more This is a relatively new hidden gem that I just found. From what I know it was a swimming hole back in 1989 however they closed it down when it was used for a water resource until recently they decided to bring it back to its original roots. (Please fat check this) It has the brand new man made beach complete with what seems to be quarry sand that is course and not like beach sand. Its a beautiful white and lovely when the sun hits its crystalline in texture. The beach itself is small relatively compared to say a lake community beach. There are two lifeguard stations and several rotating guards. The small beach has four areas with noodle ropes in order for you to make sure you are swimming in the right spots. They offer swimming lessons which is really good for the local communities. They also have a platform in the middle which is about 11 feet deep which is reminiscent of the 'Blob' Movie. I half expected that the Blob would come especially if you sneak in after hours. (I don't recommend this lol) You basically pull in and park either on the grass or follow the road to the concession stand. You can purchase a day pass for $10 with no residential requirement for the area. I believe you can purchase an annual badge which I think runs $25-35 per person. You fill out a form that is all legalities and liabilities in order to get the badge or wristband for a day pass. The staff are really helpful and accommodating for any questions you may have. They have very clean porta-potties that are frequently serviced. As well as a concession stand that offered hotdogs, hang burgers, and various other carnival like foods. They sometimes run out of items like sauerkraut with no compensation of any sort which I get they can't help but it's a small area and was open at 11 am, we got there by 12. Always purchase back ups in order to provide for your customers. The hot dogs are pre-grilled and wrapped in aluminum so don't expect a fresh dirty water dog. The overall experience is a really nice one considering you battle tons of traffic going the shore versus the short ten minute drive from Hamburg and $10 fee. It's also really brand new and still working itself out.

Nice, clean park. Dog friendly place to walk. Fun local events. Very nice children's area.read more

This is pretty much the quintessential, all-American, small town sports field. Tucked between the…read morelibrary and an elementary school on one side, and an ice cream place (Sparta Dairy), a small family restaurant (Homers), and a pizza place (Pizza Bistro) on the other, this place is awesome. THE place to see and be seen for Sparta youth. There's an 80 yard football field that sees a diminished amount of action on Friday and Saturday nights now that the town has switched leagues for the bigger kids. Bu there are also basketball courts, a synthetic turf softball field, a natural grass softball field, a snack shack, restrooms and a funky parking set up. Cross the small river on the foot bridge to get to the town bandshell, a nice playground, the library and the old Mohawk Avenue school and its fields. Very nice, clean and safe. So suburban you could puke - but you won't.

Good place for different activities. There a playground for kids. And if you are a fan of Pokemon…read morego, there are two poky stops.

Park is well kept and clean. The fields and landscape is nice . The playgrounds well kept and safe…read moreequipment and roomy. Beautiful duck pond near the picnic grounds . Plenty of parking.

This review is for the Warbasse Junction- Lafayette, NJ section of the Paulinskill Valley Trail…read more The Parking lot has a solar powered bathroom shack and map of the trail. This area is actually part of a loop of trails- the Paulinskill Valley Trail (PVT), the Sussex Branch Trail (SBT) & Former LNE Trail. The Sussex Branch is located across the street but the third trail (LNE) was not to be found. Too bad the trail is not marked better. We tried to do the loop which would have included all 3 trails but we weren't able to find the LNE trail, so we biked back and forth on the Paulinskill Valley Trail. We started on the eastern side and biked west towards Smartswood Station. The Paulinskill Valley Trail extends 27 miles from Knowlton in Warren County (Smartswood Station) eastward through Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, Stillwater, Fredon, Hampton, and Lafayette, to its eastern terminus at Sparta Junction in Sussex County. So there is plenty more to explore. The Paulinskill Valley Trail is a very nice and shady trail and the surface is mostly compact gravel. It was easy to ride on our hybrid bikes but there were a few sections that had water, so it was a little muddy. We saw other biker, hikers, and horseback riders on our ride. We will return either to this or another section soon to continue exploring.

Three tracks-to-trails efforts converge in this area near Lafayette to form a loop. A fellow hiker…read moreattested to a four mile loop, but the LNE's location is not clear on Google and Manda R. had trouble finding it. We did a shorter out-and-back on the Paulinskill, heading west from Warbasse Junction. The trail was flat and made up of a fine, gravely soil. Since it hasn't accommodated a train since the 1960s, it's pretty well shaded. It cuts through rock formations and local fields. We saw runners, hikers, and horseback riders.

Looking for a half day trip, I think this place fits the bill. The most unique part of this park…read moreis that there is an airport here, you heard that right. It's a mini airport with small planes and even planes with propellers back in the days. It's about a mile hike to the airport Runway, there are a couple of benches next to the runway gate that allow you to watch airplanes take off and go. The river is right next it so there is a river walk type of path. Bountiful parking in the lot. Andover diner is about 10 min away, it's a good trip.

Nice Suunny Sunday morning, so returning to Kittatinny Valley State Park I explored walking trails…read moreand relaxed by the store of the beautiful lake. Talk about peace and serenity. Great time was had... BUT - apparently there is a new custom for dog walkers to leave there little bags of dog lying around. I counted a dozen bags on my short walk. Disgusting and detracts from the experience

VERY RUDE STAFF - BE AWARE I made a reservation for 75…read morepeople and need it a particular accommodation so I was directed to speak to Mark Wallace (vice-president/manager) he was so rude he sounded more like a bouncer in a bar than a manager of any kind of business that deals with families, a turn off, I'm trying to cancel the reservation

This place was just horrible. I don't know where to start the prices aren't what they are online…read more You have to bring your own grills and that's ok but you literally have a security circling you and baby sitting you. Even looking under your tables. Even though they have a sign that says no loud music, you literally cannot hear any music. I have a tiny 5 inch speaker that we could barely hear ourselves but the security walked by and saw the speaker and said we have to put it in the car. We turned it off and then when he came by 5 mins later although our speaker was off he saw it on the bench and told us that he could hear it wherever he was at before he made his way to us. I'm telling you that's impossible because it was off and even if it wasn't it's so low you can't even hear it past our circle of 5 chairs. We paid about $80 each car, and literally cannot enjoy ourselves. Then they have trucks circling around and around so the kids can't even play freely. They made us move our small grill and placed it on top of a trash bin that they made us turn upside down. You can't bring beers or at least drink in cups but they definitely want you to to spend money on THEIR DRINKS!! This place is horrible! Don't come here. It's sad to say that 90% of the people here are minorities but are treated like crap. They're just making money off us then threatening to throw us out. Rip off!

This is a good small park in Newton with a decent sized playground for kids. There are basketball…read morecourts nearby and a ton of parking. Lots of benches too.