Kip's Castle Park — Attraction in Montclair

So the estate at Kips is beautiful and the grounds good for photos etc. My only real complaint is incomplete information on the website about touring the ground floor of the home. The building is only open to tour for a holiday decor display but this isnt made clear so we made an hour long trip to visit and were quite disappointed by closed signs with no real information. Somehow this needs to be clarified on the website so that people wanting to tour the inside understand that its only during a very select time of the year. Verona park is nearby and...

Nice place to see history. They need a sign saying where vistors can park. Parked in what looked like the welcome center but wasn't sure if my car was gonna be towed. Only the staff parking is labeled. Inside is a couple rooms nothing to get excited about. Couple minutes you're done. Thought I would be a couple hours exploring the grounds when they stated park. Would have like to seen more rooms of the house but they...

Girls if you like to have dramatic queen-like old century effect for your pre-nup or wedding photos shoot, this is one of the best I can recommend. When we went there the castle was close so we are unable to get inside the but there is stairs leading to access second floor and it is also perfect spot for photoshoot. If you are planning to do 48hrs visit in NJ includes this place and the Van Vleck house and Garden which...