Hedden County Park
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Hedden County Park named after the Hedden family who donated the original land in 1963 is located in Morris County
, New Jersey
, near the town of Dover
. It was dedicated on October 4, 1970 and has since grown from 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) to 380 acres (1.5 km²).
Some of the park's features include the following:
Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the United States 2010 Census, the population was 492,276. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, near the town of Dover
Dover, New Jersey
Dover is a town in Morris County, New Jersey on the Rockaway River. Dover is west of New York City and west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the United States Census, 2000, the town's population was 18,188.-Geography:...
. It was dedicated on October 4, 1970 and has since grown from 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) to 380 acres (1.5 km²).
Some of the park's features include the following:
- Two ballfields
- Picnic sites (reservable and ad hocAd hocAd hoc is a Latin phrase meaning "for this". It generally signifies a solution designed for a specific problem or task, non-generalizable, and not intended to be able to be adapted to other purposes. Compare A priori....
) - Hiking trails (through woods and along streams and waterfalls)
- Fishing lake
- Boat rental
- Ice skating
- Restrooms
