Parks & Recreation

Colonial Park, located in Franklin Township, offers a variety of features and activities for park visitors, including: golf, softball, walking/jogging trail, fishing, hiking trail, ice skating, cross-country skiing, picnicking, playground, tennis, paddle boats, and a putting course/miniature golf.  Acquired in 1965, this 685.5 acre facility includes scenic frontage on both the historic Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Millstone River.

For nearly 100 years, Duke Farms, a 2,740-acre property in Hillsborough, N.J., has been a destination for the residents of The Garden State and beyond. As one of the largest privately-owned parcels of undeveloped land in the state, Duke Farms’ mission is to be a model of environmental stewardship in the 21st Century, and to inspire visitors to become informed

Part of Somerset County’s Park System, the Gardens at Colonial Park include an arboretum, a sensory garden and collections of roses, ornamental grasses and shrubs.  

The Leonard J. Buck Garden is one of the premier rock gardens in the eastern United States. Started in the late 1930s, the garden has reached a breathtaking point of maturity. It consists of a series of alpine and woodland gardens situated on a 33-acre wooded stream valley. Named for Mr. Leonard J. Buck who developed the garden as part of his

Peony’s Envy is a nursery and display garden in Bernardsville, New Jersey within easy access of New York City and Philadelphia. Peony’s Envy offers one of the most extensive collections of tree and herbaceous peonies in the Northeast. The gardens feature over 30,000 peony plants, with over two hundred and fifty distinct cultivars.