The Waterfront At South Mountain Recreation Complex — Attraction in West Orange

I can't believe how I have overlooked this park for so long. I am a frequent visitor of the zoo with my family and always brushed off the boats on the lake and park for the zoo experience. Given the state of the world at the moment I decided to venture off and give the park a chance since it has been empty for the most part lately. Not only are the views amazing but the kids playground is safe and shaded but the walking path around the lake offers amazing views and refreshing seats to relax. I saw a few fishing spots with a few individuals giving it a relaxing shot. The boats are family friendly and reasonably priced if you want to give them a try, but I loved the walk around the...

Children's parties beware!! After being told be multiple people several weeks in advance that I would be able to use tables under the pavilion for a small (15 person) birthday party, on the day of the party the whole pavilion was reserved and we were kicked out to the boat area with no shade by a person working the boats. Then about an hour later, a person claiming to be "the boss" said all the people I had talked to didn't know what they were talking about and moved use AGAIN to a grassy area by the play ground with no seats. The park is beautiful but don't waste your time trying to have a small simple party here - there is no constant policy and no communication...

The place is beautiful itself, but the employees are very rude. Im pregnant and they treated me very badly. They didn’t let us in the boat because they wanted us to get another boat for the kids which were 2,3 and 5 years old. Im super upset that my kids couldn’t go on the boat because they said it was only for 4 but how are you gonna peddle and leave the kids unattended. I hope management make sure this doesn’t happen again because is the first time this happened to my family since I always come to enjoy this beautiful park...