Park Day-Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ

For Park Day we decided to write about a park we visit almost every weekend, Liberty State Park in Jersey City.  The park is only about five minutes from our home so its super convenient.   The park is about 1200 acres (big for a city park) and it was established in 1976.  Since its a fairly new park there are not many big trees, but there are plenty of big grassy fields and there are amazing views of the New York City skyline and the Statue of Liberty.  Most of the  park is on an old landfill from the New Jersey Rail Road, which is why you can see abandoned train cars.

This picture is from about four years ago.

There is also a section that is a marshland preserve, this part is mostly fenced of but you can see plenty of birds about the park.

You can take Ferry service to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (although dogs are not allowed on Ellis Island or on the Ferry).

There are also a lot of monuments in the park including a tribute to those lost in September 11, a memorial to the holocaust, and flags for all of the countries in the United Nations, and the Bridge of Nations which is meant to symbolize the connection between Italy and America.


Unfortunately the park was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy and was closed for months.  Some parts of the park (including the section with the abandoned trains) are still fenced off.

Damage on a waterfront walkway

Here are our pictures from a recent walk in the park (remember a good section was  closed).