Explore Bloomfield

If you are considering Bloomfield as a destination for a hotel stay, its attractions offer a range of points of interest: a 19th-century estate, a museum with a historical collection, landscaped green spaces, and outdoor trails and activities. Oakeside Mansion & Gardens is a historic estate with gardens; Brookdale Park offers walking and running paths, a section of the Lenape Trail, and a rose garden. You can compare Bloomfield’s highlights with the themes that matter to you when traveling.

Historic Sites and Collections

Oakeside Mansion & Gardens is a historic 19th-century estate surrounded by four acres of landscaped grounds and gardens. For travelers interested in historic sites as well as green spaces, the estate offers a specific point of interest. Tours of Oakeside Mansion can be arranged by appointment. If you would like to plan a tour, be sure to schedule it in advance.

The Museum of the Historical Society of Bloomfield offers a different historical perspective. Its collection includes maps, newspapers, photographs, postcards, letters, deeds, documents, and books. It ranges from written records to visual materials and other types of documents. The museum is currently temporarily closed for restoration work.

Parks, Trails, and Activities

For outdoor exercise, Brookdale Park is a clear point of interest: the park offers walking and running paths. It also includes a section of the 36-mile Lenape Trail. The 36-mile figure refers to the trail’s total length, not the section in the park. This distinction helps you understand the paths within the park and the Lenape Trail as different in scale.

Another highlight of Brookdale Park is its rose garden, with 1,500 rose bushes across nearly 100 varieties. Alongside its paths and trail, the park also offers a dedicated garden area as another specific point of interest.

Archery is another listed activity at Brookdale Park. At the outdoor archery range, The Bloomfield Archers host weekly “Sunday Shoots” from April through October, open to all archers. If archery is one of your interests, the program is a separate item to plan around; check the seasonal schedule before visiting.

More Green Spaces in Bloomfield

Watsessing Park is an Olmsted-designed landscape in Bloomfield and East Orange, with the Second River flowing through it. These features give Watsessing a different profile from Brookdale Park: landscape design and the waterway are the focus here, while Brookdale brings together a variety of activities and garden themes through its paths, trail, rose garden, and archery.

Historic Town Green is a rectangular, tree-lined park covering five acres and running parallel to Park Place. The acreage figures for the Green and Oakeside refer to different things: five acres of park here, and four acres of landscaped grounds and gardens around the historic estate there.

The Morris Canal Greenway at Morris Canal Park is located on Pierson Lane and Oak Tree Lane, off Broughton Avenue. In this area of the Bloomfield Morris Canal Greenway, there are pollinator-friendly flower beds. Both named streets and a specific feature of the green space provide points of reference here.

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