Colonial Park Reviews Summary

Category: Park

Address: 156 Mettlers Rd, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA

Phone: +19087221200

Rating: 4.7
based on 184 reviews.

Park Maintenance

Pros:

  • "Always beautiful and well kept."
  • "The park is always clean from loitering/littering and well maintained."
  • "The gardens are always maintained and manicured expertly and with utmost care."
  • "The staff is friendly and accommodating, and they work hard to keep the park clean and well-maintained."
  • "Absolutely gorgeous park that is always clean and well kept."
  • "Clean and well maintained. Kudos to the park staff."
  • "Park is very clean and well maintained."

Cons:

  • "Edges of the ponds are not cut back for proper access to allow fishing. Garbage was all over the ground including the lot."
  • "Original Rose Garden was much more of a traditional Rose garden. The present renovated rose garden lacks character as well as irrigation."
  • "This used to be the best looking park in the county, sadly not anymore."
  • "They need to fix the giant holes in the ground around the playground area. Big tripping hazards."
  • "I just wish the entire garden was as vibrant though."

Activities and Facilities

Pros:

  • "Park has lots of activities options like walk 🚢 , bicycle 🚲, kids πŸ§’ playground."
  • "Great place for the family activities like Tennis, paddle boat, walking trail."
  • "The park offers a great variety of activities, from an outdoor pool and mini golf to a playground and a lovely nature trail."
  • "And they have golf, tennis, barbeque grills and paddle boats in summer."
  • "Everything outdoors in one place! Something for everyone."
  • "They have tennis courts, golf course, paddle boats just to name a few."
  • "This park is amazing for little kids and family πŸ‘ͺ, you can picnic here by the little lake or enjoy the splash park for kids or the big playground, as well as a dog park if u have dogs."

Cons:

  • "It does get very crowded at times, though."
  • "The boat ride is fun but nothing great."
  • "Park was nice and clean, they do need more updated paddleboats as ours was a bit old and got stuck in center of pond taking on water."
  • "There is algae growing in the pond from runoff from the adjacent golf course."
  • "Great public park in spite of several construction projects. Much of the water is drained for excavation efforts, so there are no boats."
  • "New water sport area should have soft floor like other play area have in same park."
  • "The only thing I dislike are when dog people let their large dogs off leash in the toddler area."

Accessibility and Convenience

Pros:

  • "Easy to find parking."
  • "It's very convenient to drive and lots of parking πŸ…Ώ spots are available."
  • "A very nice place to walk jog run or bike on one side of the park."
  • "Nice, peaceful, clean and wide place."
  • "Very nice park with a long, wide paved walking trail."
  • "This park has several entrances and a huge parking lot along with some artificial lakes."
  • "It's really beautiful here."

Cons:

  • "But every day at 11 am adult day care for people with disabilities start to bring they residents to this playground."
  • "The park is spacious but still I think it has outgrown it's popularity and some major renovation should be implemented to make it less crowded in the weekends."
  • "Go prepared, could not find any gas station or store to get water bottles around."
  • "The sign for the toxic bloom at the paddle boat pond isn't in the best place, it should be near the parking and not the walking trail."
  • "I'm kind of bummed out that the spray park isn't open yet."
  • "You also have to pre-reserve the pavilions and you may not get the time slot you want."

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "The dog owners are very friendly and respectful and it’s rare if someone doesn’t clean up after their dog."
  • "Very friendly stuff and very tremendous work to keep this park the way it is."
  • "There is always a park ranger so I always feel safe there."
  • "I got a flat tire from passing over a piece of bumper from an ongoing wreck so I had to park at the park to sort it out. Park Ranger Nick helped us out a lot by escorting us to a tire shop and setting up a fast tire repair!"
  • "The staff is friendly and accommodating, and they work hard to keep the park clean and well-maintained."

Cons:

  • "It is a beautiful, however, the people at the dog park are not that friendly and very discriminatory if your pet is not neutered."
  • "I was interested in using the park for a milestone event late spring. I have made numerous calls to get info and obtain permits. NO ONE has called me back."

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