Liberty State Park
Photo: John Cunniff · CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
🥾 Hike · Jersey City
3 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 35 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Liberty State Park station; free parking if you drive
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Little shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat · Wind-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 3 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
Front-row seats for the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline: two miles of waterfront promenade, big lawns for kite flying, an 1889 railroad terminal, Liberty Science Center next door, and ferries to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island leave from here.
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