4/5 RGSOUNDF 1 year ago on Google • 453 reviews
Our
review
is
about
one
particular
area
of
Mercer
County
Park,
specifically
around
the
Mercer
Park
Boathouse,
for
otherwise
Mercer
County
Park
covers
a
huge
area
of
over
2,500
acres,
encompassing
three
townships
(West
Windsor,
Hamilton,
and
Lawrenceville)
and
featuring
endless
attractions
and
different
sections,
from
kiddie
playgrounds
to
BBQ
pits,
basketball
courts,
two
doggie
parks
(for
smaller
and
bigger
dogs),
Mercer
County
Disk
Golf
Course,
skating
rink,
softball
and
baseball
fields,
soccer
stadium,
cricket
fields,
Mercer
County
Festival
Grounds
and
Mercer
County
Fairgrounds
and
Van
Nest
Wildlife
Refuge,
among
other
places
of
interest.
Asphalt
covered
walking
trails
are
found
throughout
the
park
as
well
as
hiking
paths.
Public
restrooms
are
available
in
abundance.
Some
of
the
BBQ
grounds
are
equipped
with
grills;
the
one
next
to
Mercer
Park
Boathouse
offers
two
sizeable
grills
and
even
a
sink.
Comfortable
benches
are
also
widely
available.
Unlike
the
neighboring
Veterans
Park
in
Hamilton,
the
sheer
size
of
Mercer
County
Park
doesn't
really
feel
cozy
neither
it
is
conducive
to
more
private
leisure
time
due
to
it
being
quite
crowded,
especially
on
the
days
of
children
sports
tournaments
and
games
with
the
cars
arriving
from
the
whole
Tri-State
area.
Parking
areas
are
more
than
numerous,
and
Mercer
County
Park
is
dog
friendly
and
ethnic
diversity
friendly.
The
main
access
to
the
park
is
via
its
main
thoroughfare
Paxon
Ave
(not
to
be
mistaken
with
the
adjacent
Paxon
Ave
in
Hamilton
Township)
that
opens
on
Hughes
Drive
to
the
east
and
Old
Trenton
(Edinburgh)
Rd
to
the
west.
This
axis
is
not
very
friendly
designed,
for
both
directions
are
one-way
only
with
almost
nonexistent
u-turns.
For
the
same
reason,
it
is
next
to
impossible
to
get
from
one
side
of
the
park
to
the
opposite
on
foot.
For
the
history
aficionados,
noteworthy
is
the
John
Rogers
House
Ruin
(now
partially
reconstructed
and
preserved),
which
was
built
in
1761
and
is
believed
to
be
the
oldest
existing
structure
in
West
Windsor
Township;
it
is
a
good
example
of
the
18th
century
brick
architecture
common
in
Delaware
Valley.