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Papaianni Park

Tourist attraction Park

City park with a small lake, tennis courts, basketball & lawns that host community festivals. People often mention park, lake, nice,


Address

100 Municipal Blvd, Edison, NJ 08817

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (971 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 8 AM to 7 PM
  • Monday: 8 AM to 7 PM
  • Tuesday: 8 AM to 7 PM
  • Wednesday: 8 AM to 7 PM
  • Thursday: 8 AM to 7 PM
  • Friday: 8 AM to 7 PM
  • Saturday: 8 AM to 7 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: park (20) lake (10) nice (9)
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  • 5/5 B C. 1 year ago on Google • 72 reviews
    Our group do lake cleanup about 3 times a year. It is a clean and great place for jogging, hiking and bicycling. Many sport activities can be done here. It is a lovely place in Edison. Plenty of parking space.
    10 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hasit S. 9 months ago on Google • 481 reviews
    Beautiful, peaceful trail in the neighbourhood, perfect for daily walks with family, friends and kids!

  • 4/5 Harsimran K. 10 months ago on Google • 241 reviews
    I visited on Tenth June It was Juneteenth,,, Park was full of people enjoying the day ,, lot of stalls were their ,, We enjoyed the local dishes and program by children
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ricardo C. 9 months ago on Google • 215 reviews
    Best place to spend time walking, biking, running, any activity really. There is lots of land and this is by far the best park in this local area. Events are held here once in a while such as July 4th fireworks and music festivals. Its a nice spot, its not too large, and there is a large family of ducks that roam around here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 John N. 5 months ago on Google • 294 reviews
    This was really a nice place. We went for the Divali celebration. There was a nice lake and they had a light tunnel and light geometrics in the field. It felt very safe and a nice crowd

  • 5/5 Veronica A. 1 year ago on Google
    Hidden in a municipal lot, this pretty park is a great oasis to sit and enjoy nature. There's art, a large lake, benches, tables, birds and other nature. It's surprisingly large and wheelchair accessible. There's a nice paved bike path that goes around the whole lake. Lastly, there's a cute gazebo and 9/11 memo right at the entrance
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Bhupesh B. 1 year ago on Google
    Well rounded place has gone better from older times. Walk around the lake is good but can be better if they maintain clean bush free env. Love how Mayor Joshi is fixing the park and town.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Vinoth S. 1 year ago on Google • 156 reviews
    large park with pond and good place to gathering, Diwali function conducted here...

  • 5/5 UM M. 7 months ago on Google • 44 reviews
    Beautiful park and lake end up walking 6 miles it's huge park.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Krzysztof 6 months ago on Google • 15 reviews
    Great little lake to find some peace and quiet. You can walk around it probably in like 20-30 min Fishing also great.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ali Z. 1 year ago on Google
    We were there for Pakistan Day Parade, it's nice clean park. We,really enjoyed
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Chetan �. 2 years ago on Google
    Started wondering why this park is also not cleaned and maintained properly ! It deserves more than other Edison parks. Reasons are obvious - the top administrators / trusties / managers of Edison township are at stone’s throw. This park has a memorial and a better park/lake will be real tribute to them
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 adrian m. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place to relax. No monster bass for fishing but some good chunks that are fun on ultra light tackle.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Barred L. 2 months ago on Google • 73 reviews New
    No complaints about the park itself. Was here for a Lunar new year celebration that, while is a nice gesture, felt a little underwhelming (okay make that a lot). I'm not a native NJ so maybe there's ordinances for why the event was only held for 3 hours, with basically no food options. I think others who have come before realized this and that resulted in a very low attendee count. I would love to see the event thrive if they could better incentive at least food vendors to show up.

  • 5/5 Roshni A. 2 years ago on Google • 38 reviews
    It is a decent lake for a quick stroll. We visited this place on a rainy day (it had stopped raining when we reached) which made the view appear even more scenic and serene. We could also spot fall foliage.. We could spot leaves turning red and yellow in colour.

  • 4/5 Schwanda R. E. 10 months ago on Google
    I was there for the Juneteenth Celebration. I didn't get to see much more of the park due to the rain.

  • 4/5 Ashfaq M. 10 months ago on Google
    We went when it was drizzling so there was no crowd at all, at such a nice place with lot of parking lots near 911 memorial. It's best for Morning or evening walk or jogging. Lake is beautiful.

  • 5/5 Johnluke S. 1 year ago on Google • 11 reviews
    I used to like racing virtually by using campus grounds (I study at Stony Brook at the time I'm writing this). However, over time, the scenery got too boring. Also, campus grounds became much less safe with homeless and drug dealers gradually becoming widespread in ways I can never understand, albeit I still compete virtually for maybe only one event using the safest campus ground pavements. To compete virtually in several race events held in-person in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and other Detroit Metropolitan Area cities (where I compete at least 1 day before the in-person participants compete), I chose Papaianni Park. Papaianni Park is very close to the Edison NJ Transit Station, so no need to request for an Uber or anything along that line if traveling to/from the station. You can walk (or maybe jog if possible) between the park and the station as the distance is merely a bit over a half mile. The park itself is very tranquil in terms of avoiding heavy car and pedestrian traffic. You can get the most out of the park even just by walking around Lake Papaianni (counterclockwise direction strongly recommended) using the black pavement trail. A lap around takes approximately 0.56 miles. While this is plausibly merely a short distance, the lake itself and the two fountains make for a great scenery. If you're someone who's looking for a nice, scenic, and quiet park, and are not interested in driving to/from it but instead want to take a train, Papaianni Park is for you. A caveat worth noting is that the park borders very active railroad tracks. The trains that bypass the north side of the park may become distracting at times.

  • 5/5 Orhan B. 1 year ago on Google
    So sweet a park. You can walk, run, cycling etc...

  • 5/5 David ortiz A. 1 year ago on Google
    Clean park friendly people and police where great we enjoyed our event with our no problem's


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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