Love this park and it's hiking trails. One of the trails has fitness stations which provide a great…read moreworkout. Plenty of bbq areas with grills and benches. If you want to have a gathering, they have a spot that you can reserve. Bathrooms are very clean and orderly. Playground has been updated with newer equipment.

This is my favorite park in the area, I absolutely love it. There are legitimate hiking trails, an…read moreexercise trail, several playgrounds, tennis courts, clean bathrooms and best of all, farm animals :). You can catch some wildlife as well. When I discovered it I was shocked I didn't find this gem sooner.

A lovely park next to the library…read more Well maintained and a gorgeous view of the water!! Public bathrooms here. (Pay homage to two local people who passed away on 9/11. A beautiful tribute. ) Several murals to enjoy. In the center of town. Really lovely and thoughtful town.

RED BANK: a fun place for your pup to run around with great views is Riverside Gardens Park, off of…read moreWest Front Street! Walk along the sidewalk path or take your dog off-leash and play fetch in the great lawn. Follow the path down to the waterfront for close-up views of the Navesink River! So pretty and peaceful! This is the same location for Movies in the Park where dogs are also allowed! Bring a blanket or chair! Movie begins at dusk and food donations are accepted for a food drive

Poricy Park has two separate entrances. The main one is located on Oak Hill Rd. where you will find…read morevarious trails from easy to challenging. Check the map.This area also has an historic farmhouse, that can be viewed inside. Bird watching is observed too. I had to be silent. The second entrance is located on Middletown-Lincroft Road, where the fossil beds are. I am told that these fossil beds are well known to fossil collectors in the Northeast. There are certain rules when you are digging in this area. Check online if you are " fossiling ". Pretty cool seeing people with high fishing boots in a bog. Another interesting Monmouth County Park.

Fun at any age! Exploring the park today, it was a wonderful adventure in nature. The children and…read moremy husband had a fantastic time!

Oceanport: when we meet people out and about with Brie, so many of you have told us to visit Wolf…read moreHill Recreation Area and we finally made it! Part of a bigger recreation area with softball fields, a disc golf course, and a sledding hill, the off-leash dog park offers two areas: One for pups 35 pounds or less One for 36 pounds and over There are picnic tables and doggie waste bags and the property is well maintained by Monmouth County Park System. "Please note that the Wolf Hill Recreation Area Off-Leash Dog Areas are closed until 9 a.m. on Wednesdays, April through November, to allow for facility maintenance."

A dog park, disc golfing, softball fields and Cross Country meets in the Fall season beget this…read morebeautifully open-spaced park in Oceanport, NJ. Check it out

This is a good trail for local bikers, hiking, etc. as it is shaded, goes through many towns and is…read moreclose to the road so you have the option to get off in multiple towns. There is a lot of stop and go as it passes through many streets in Keyport and Union Beach. We start in Matawan and we go through a small playground that we love with workout machines which are great. I will also say to avoid the trail when its dark as some areas are sketchy.

My FAVORITE hidden spot! The sand isn't the greatest and the water is rough but if you want a…read morepeaceful spot to reflect and listen to the waves, this is it. The trail is long and paved and quite scenic. It gets busy with other joggers/walkers and bike riders but it's an easy trail with a good stretch. It's got lots of places to sit in between if you get tired. There's enough parking but it can get full.

Just got back from my daughter's softball tournament held in Wolcott Park in Eatontown and figured…read moreI'd let the world know how nice a park this is. Now I'm not from the area, but if this is what all the parks are like down in South Jersey then they're just plain lucky. Finding the place was easy (thank you to the navigation in the new vehicle) and parking was great-nice big lots, large spaces, and easy ingress and egress. The place has three ballfields (one is actually for baseball but doesn't have a raised mound) that accommodated our tourney quite well and they also have a great covered pavilion, grills, four tennis courts, basketball courts, places for bocce and shuffleboard, and an absolutely awesome kids playground (that looked brand new). The grass was a little long, but it's early in the season and it just rained so maybe hey didn't have a chance to mow. Anyway, other than our team not playing very well today, we had a great time using the park. Fields were in great shape, kids were there playing in the other areas of the park that we weren't monopolizing, and everyone seemed friendly. Big thanks to Eatontown for having the sense to have a nice park for the residents and outsiders like us!