Outside in Carlstadt

Five and a half acres on the west bank of the Hackensack River, with a promenade, picnic tables, a paddling and fishing dock, a boat ramp and a small marina. The site was part of a wartime seaplane base and later a restaurant called the Barge Club before the state opened it as a park in 2008. It is free, it is open dawn to dusk, and there is nothing to arrange.

Daily, dawn to dusk