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Glenfield Park
Type	Public Park
Location	Montclair and Glen Ridge
Coordinates	40°48′17″N 74°12′41″W / 40.80473°N 74.211273°W / 40.80473; -74.211273
Area	20 acres (81,000 m)
Operated by	Essex County
Open	All year
Website	http://www.essex-countynj.org/p/index.php?section=parks/sites/gl&ImgLoc=images/gl

Glenfield Park is a county park in Montclair and a small part in Glen Ridge, both in Essex County, New Jersey. It has 19-acre (77,000 m) in Montclair, and 1-acre (4,000 m) in Glen Ridge. It shares a name with the nearby Glenfield Middle School. Glenfield Park is part of the Essex County Park System.

Creation

In 1910, the land for the park was given by the township of Montclair to the Essex County Park system. The Park was then designed by the Olmsted Brothers, a famous landscape design firm.

Overview

Glenfield Park, from the Maple Avenue side, looks like a collection of athletic fields with paths and trees between. There is more however. Behind the Playgrounds, Baseball diamonds, and tennis courts there is a forest with tall trees and thick ground cover. Through it goes paved and unpaved trails, and also a stream, Toney's Brook. This area is home to much wildlife and is the only natural terrain of its caliber for miles around. The railroad is discreetly hidden behind the brook.

The area containing the brook, known as the Glen, is overgrown and is hard to navigate. There are a few small arch bridges which cross the brook and connect walking paths, but one has been cordoned off and closed due to its deterioration.

Location

Glenfield Park is in southeastern Montclair, near the town line with Glen Ridge. It is Bordered in the south by Woodland Avenue, and in the West by Maple Avenue. On the East it is Bordered by NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line. It's also bordered in the Northeast by Bloomfield Avenue, the main road in Montclair.

Facilities

• 2 basketball courts
• 3 Tennis Courts
• 2 softball／baseball diamonds
• community center with game rooms， meeting rooms, craft rooms， kitchen, and restrooms
• 2 children's playgrounds
• footpaths
• Football field
• Event Gazebos
• Fitness course
• nature trail.
• Grass Roots program

References

1. Essex County Parks
2. "Glenfield Park". Retrieved December 28, 2023.
3. List of parks "Montclair Parks". Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2008.

External links

• Glenfield Park - Essex County Park System

v t e Essex County Park System
Parks	Anderson Park Becker Park Belleville Park Branch Brook Park Brookdale Park Glenfield Park Grover Cleveland Park Independence Park lrvington Park lvy Hill Park Kip's Castle Park Orange Park Riverbank Park RiverFront Park Vailsburg Park Verona Park Veterans Memorial Park Watsessing Park Weequahic Park West Side Park Yanticaw Park
Reservations	Eagle Rock Reservation Hilltop Reservation Mills Reservation South Mountain Reservation West Essex Park
Other facilities	Francis A. Byrne Golf Course Hendricks Field Golf Course Riker Hill Complex South Mountain Recreation Complex Weequahic Golf Course West Essex Trail

v t e Montclair parks
County parks	Anderson Park Brookdale Park Eagle Rock Reservation Glenfield Park Kip's Castle Park Mills Reservation
Town parks	Canterbury Park Edgemont Memorial Park Essex Park Graz Park Mountainside Park Nishuane Park Rand Park Tuers Park Watchung Park Yantacaw Brook Park
Reservations	Eagle Rock Reservation Mills Reservation Bonsal Nature Reserve
Other facilities	Montclair Golf Club Presby Memorial Iris Gardens Van Vleck House and Gardens Howard Van Vleck Arboretum Sprague Field Mt. Hebron Cemetery Immaculate Conception Cemetery

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