re: #292 lawhawk

Gateway National Recreation Area (which includes locations in NJ - Sandy Hook, Brooklyn, and Queens)- abundant wildlife, particularly migratory birds.

It’s past time, but Branch Brook Park in Newark has the largest collection of Japanese cherry trees in the US - more than DC, and they’ve gone past bloom in the past week.

Also in NJ - Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton NJ.
Hoboken NJ has a riverwalk for great views of Manhattan.
Liberty Science Center in Jersey City (accessible from the Hudson/Bergen light rail).

Yup, the wife I and the baby already had our first day at Sandy Hook on one of our early 70 degree days about a month ago. and right in my back yard as I have posted here before is this wildlife gem 5 miles from manhattan. it’s a birders paradise right now….http://meadowblog.typepad.com