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Gardner Field
Route 46 & Savage Rd, Denville

Directions
Gardner Field is West of downtown Denville.  Take Main Street or Route 46 through town if
coming from points East and look for Savage and Franklin Rd turn right after you pass Saint
Mary’s church on the right.  Bear right as if you were going to turn and go through the
intersection and then turn right into the parking lot and the playground is straight ahead.

Description
One of the best playgrounds in Morris County.  Very easy to use with two big play areas, lots
of swings and two very tall and twisty tube slides.  Gazebo in the center provides shade and a
central place to gather, rest and watch more than one child at a time. Playground is fenced-in
with only one exit. Part of a bigger complex with lots of fields.

Amenities
  • Parking
  • Benches
  • Picnic Tables
  • Drinking Fountain  
  • Bathrooms
  • Handicap
  • Baseball
  • Tennis
  • Soccer

Parking: Small lot next to playground, more parking on other side of complex
Picnicking: Picnic tables just outside the playground area or use small central gazebo
Handicap:  One red chair swing, park is wheelchair accessible, not equipment
Climbing: Lots of climbing, repellers, ropes, tires, rings, bars, ladders, tubes and ramps
Playthings: Wooden cars, looking glasses, call boxes, play house, wooden train, steering
wheel, mirror
Seesaws: Four-seater, bouncy car
Slides: Two huge tube slides (almost like water slides) with climbing challenges to get to
the top, two smaller twisty tubes, three toddler
Sports: Soccer, lit baseball fields, football, four tennis courts, dual-sided backboard,
handball
Swings: One big red chair, tire, two full size, two toddler

Make a Day of It
Charlie Brown’s across the street offers family fare and down the road you can find a
Stewarts and a Hunan Taste which has great fish tanks.  Head into downtown Denville and
get creative at Brushes & Bisque or shop at the Birth Boutique.