Mercer County Park — Attraction in West Windsor

Our review is about one particular area of Mercer County Park, specifically around the Mercer Park Boathouse, for otherwise Mercer County Park covers a huge area of over 2,500 acres, encompassing three townships (West Windsor, Hamilton, and Lawrenceville) and featuring endless attractions and different sections, from kiddie playgrounds to BBQ pits, basketball courts, two doggie parks (for smaller and bigger dogs), Mercer County Disk Golf Course, skating rink, softball and baseball fields, soccer stadium, cricket fields, Mercer County Festival Grounds and Mercer County Fairgrounds and Van Nest Wildlife Refuge, among other places of interest.

Asphalt covered walking trails are found throughout the park as well as hiking paths.

Public restrooms are available in abundance. Some of the BBQ grounds are equipped with grills; the one next to Mercer Park Boathouse offers two sizeable grills and even a sink.

Comfortable benches are also widely available.

Unlike the neighboring Veterans Park in Hamilton, the sheer size of Mercer County Park doesn't really feel cozy neither it is conducive to more private leisure time due to it being quite crowded, especially on the days of children sports tournaments and games with the cars arriving from the whole Tri-State area.

Parking areas are more than numerous, and Mercer County Park is dog friendly and ethnic diversity friendly.

The main access to the park is via its main thoroughfare Paxon Ave (not to be mistaken with the adjacent Paxon Ave in Hamilton Township) that opens on Hughes Drive to the east and Old Trenton (Edinburgh) Rd to the west. This axis is not very friendly designed, for both directions are one-way only with almost nonexistent u-turns. For the same reason, it is next to impossible to get from one side of the park to the opposite on foot.

For the history aficionados, noteworthy is the John Rogers House Ruin (now partially reconstructed and preserved), which was built in 1761 and is believed to be the oldest existing structure in West Windsor Township; it is a good example of the 18th century brick architecture common in...

An excellent place to reconnect with nature, yet a short distance from local cities, Mercer County Park has a huge variety of offerings for virtually every free-time activity. The park boasts multiple playgrounds at various locations with sets and swings for toddlers to climbing walls for the bigger kids. Inclusive equipment means that wheelchair access is also available. Loads of trails snake through the park, with many paved ways for roller blades or strollers, and single-track for hiking or mountain biking. Take your canine companion along or bring them to the dog park to meet other pups. With fields available all over the park, there are options for soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, football, cricket, and ultimate. If you'd rather play a different "frisbee" sport, the 18-hole disc golf course has a good variety of challenging holes, and both blue tees for added difficulty and white tees for shorter distance. Ice skating and hockey are accommodated in the dedicated facility, and for water sports, the lake offers paddle boats and pleasant scenery. Badminton and beach volleyball have courts and nets set up also. The park offers many special events from fairs and carnivals, to concerts and beer-tastings. If you want to see wildlife, the park is home to deer, gophers, foxes, turtles, frogs, heron, raptors, and...

My favorite park, state or county, in suburban Philadelphia. A beautiful lake where people kayak, wooded trails, play areas for kids, a snack shack, a dining pier, tons of picnic and barbeque spots, a cute asian style walking bridge, biking/hiking paths, sports fields and evenings music. It is very clean, so large you never feel crowded. I take my dog there to swim after her ball in the lake from the wooded area when it's hot. The families paddle by and take pictures or catch up later to pet her. The people here are just as enjoyable as the park itself. After her swim we stop for hot dogs or ice cream at the marina snack shop and go sit at the dining pier to enjoy the marvelous view. Then we'll take a walk across the little bridge like you'd see at a Japanese garden along the lake where there are numerous grilling spots, some covered, people from all over playing their music, it's a great time. Lastly there are plenty of bathrooms throughout and open and while there are police on the entrance roads or on the lake unless you seek them out for help you'd never know they were there. It is my favorite park because the park, the people and the police are...