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Donaldson Park

Tourist attraction Park

One of the Best Places To Visits in Highland Park


Address

526 S 2nd Ave, Highland Park, NJ 08904

Website

www.middlesexcountynj.gov

Contact

(732) 745-3900

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (1.2K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Saturday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Sunday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Monday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Tuesday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Wednesday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Thursday: 6 AM to 8 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: park (30) river (8) picnic (7) beautiful (7) nice (6) Raritan (6)
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  • 5/5 Richa R. 1 year ago on Google • 100 reviews
    Lovely, quaint place to be at on a sunny, windy afternoon. Also great spot for fishing. Although, I find the water logging in the park quite irritating yet it’s a nice hangout place. It also has options to host small picnic with barbecue grills.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Katie L. 1 year ago on Google • 8 reviews
    The most walkable park I know. So beautiful in the spring time and perfect setting for outdoor parties in spring/summer and even autumn. Great dog park and very clean. Public bathrooms are decent. Playground is awesome. My favorite park all around.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ron M. 3 years ago on Google • 636 reviews
    Nice park along the Raritan river. Baseball, Soccer fields, lit tennis 🎾 courts. Exercise circuit. Mostly clean and somewhat well maintained. Many geese and seagulls can be found here.

  • 3/5 William M. 2 years ago on Google • 20 reviews
    This is a great place for walking along the banks of the Raritan River. There was once much more open space, with beautiful willow trees which added to the character of the park. The western entrance has a good slope, which in the 70s was a popular sledding spot on snowy days; the eastern entrance is lined with cherry trees. There is an overemphasis on athletic playing fields, which now dominate the park. A beautiful artificial pond is a nice feature, ducks and herons are frequently seen here. In the 70s, the pond was illuminated at night as a popular ice skating location. There is a boat ramp here, and a small pier is extended in the summer which affords beautiful views of the Raritan. The parks department will patrol around sunset to make certain visitors vacate. The park tends to flood in very rainy weather, and will be muddy. With nearly 50 years of memories of this park, including participation in the first Raritan River Festival in 1980, I can only give 3 stars because of lost potential. I love this park, but it was once a much better place. There are often fireworks here for the 4th of July, but this depends on mayors running for elections or reelection. A few have been canceled for no legit reason.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ric R. 2 years ago on Google
    Really lovely community park on the river. It is huge and has everything you could want. Fantastic Fireworks around the 4th.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dave M. 10 months ago on Google • 109 reviews
    It's a massive wide open park with a kids playground, baseball fields and soccer pitches. Two public bathrooms with plenty of grass to relax on and paths to walk or bike on
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 suman s. 1 year ago on Google • 89 reviews
    Awesome play area for kids. This park is very large it has many football ground, tennis court, dog park, Rariton river, picnic area, basketball 🏀
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sriram J. 9 months ago on Google • 40 reviews
    Located next to the Raritan river, this park is suitable for a variety of activities. It has a paved loop of about 1.25 miles (construction going on at the time of writing this review so the loop was broken at a couple of places). There were soccer and baseball fields, two kids’ playground and a fenced area for your friends with paws. Multiple picnic spots with parking space and trash bins. I saw a few people fishing as well. The river was gentle and there were people jet skiing. Make sure you don’t forget the bug spray. A couple of parts of the paved path were drawn with chalks, hopefully the rainfalls have erased them by now.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 john y. 2 months ago on Google • 33 reviews New
    This is one of my favorite parks because it is massive and there’s water next to it. This is the type of park where you play hide and seek with your child and you may never find him again. Sometimes I come here with my penstock coffee and just walk around, go bird watching, swing on the monkey bars and study the periodic table. Go Birds
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 B C. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place for jogging, hiking and sports activities. It is very kid friendly. It has a boating ramp but you need permit for boating activities.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 John Jay A. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice and well designed playground. The floor is soft for safety.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 David Yoseph S. 1 year ago on Google
    It is a very beautiful Park. The park ranger advised against alcoholic beverages and said we should be careful to clean up any litter. He was generally friendly and helpful. The free Grove is first come first served and it's advisable to get there early. Portable barbecues are not permitted. It's a good idea to bring lawn seats and a picnic blanket. A polite game of volleyball is fine.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 David D. 7 months ago on Google • 121 reviews
    Nicely taken care of. Park has plenty of room and paths whether you want to bike, jog or run. A couple play grounds for the kids. Tennis courts. Access to a boat launch ramp. Multiple parking lots in different areas, so you can park closer to what you want. Gazebo. Picnic areas. You can just stroll alongside the river and enjoy a beautiful day.

  • 5/5 Rashmi J. 4 years ago on Google • 71 reviews
    Its a big park and well maintained. The children's playing area is wonderful. There are picnic spots too with lots of sitting area sorrounded by trees, so there was a lot of shade. You can cycle too or take a long walk. There are tennis courts as well.

  • 5/5 Sha 7 months ago on Google • 25 reviews
    My family reunion is held here every year. I love seeing them and the deer that always join us before we leave. It is huge and has multiple groves, fields, BBQ grills and playgrounds. The restrooms are sufficient as well.

  • 5/5 Charlene Gee R. 5 years ago on Google • 16 reviews
    Beautiful park for walking, has plenty of exercise equipment on the health trail, two playgrounds, and lots of places to sit. A lot of nature to view if you're quiet and patient (deer, red wing blackbirds, woodpeckers, squirrels, grackles, herons, ducks and hawks).

  • 5/5 Leah A. 1 year ago on Google
    They have recently replaced their old playground. My kids enjoy this park before but they love it even more now.

  • 4/5 Vick c. 1 year ago on Google
    It could a little more maintenance but overall it's a great park to go for a walk, jog, picnic, Date, and bicycle 🚲 ride, so on.

  • 5/5 James S. 1 year ago on Google
    The park was very nice. We had our family reunion the park is very big.

  • 5/5 Marijana T. 2 years ago on Google
    Big space for energy busting, fresh air and nice sunset 🌅

  • 5/5 Linds 10 months ago on Google
    Awesome park, great playgrounds for children and a beautiful park to do a picnic, go for a walk or bike ride, there are public restrooms and easily accessible trash cans. There is also an accessable boat launch to access the Raritan River. If it has rained a lot/if there has been flooding some parts of the park can flood so just check how the weather has been before going and plan for a shorter trip/not being able to use certain parts of the park (usually the parts of the park that are closest to the river) if there has been extensive rainfall.

  • 5/5 503 m. 9 months ago on Google
    Nice sceneries wish they would have a basketball court

  • 5/5 KPJ S. 5 months ago on Google
    Super nice park, has a great boat ramp for access onto the raritan river only wish the ramp fee was less expensive.


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dog park
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Activities
    • ✓️ Hiking
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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