In 1937, the Edison Memorial Tower was erected to commemorate the years ThomasEdison spent at Menlo Park. Music also abounds with the amazing performances of the Edison Symphony Orchestra which consists of a 70 piece professional symphony. The Edison Arts Society hosts wonderful theatre plays and dances, including Plays in the Park, where a full amphitheatre with professional cast performs in Roosevelt Park. Your recreation opportunities, both passive and active are abundant and easy to access. For the nature and recreational enthusiasts the Dismal Swamp, a Natinoal Wild Bird Refuge, offers sighting of several unique species, ecology tours, vernal ponds, greenway walks and bike trails along the Raritan River.

Edison also is in close proximity to a record 50 golf courses, both public and private, making it ideal for the regular golfer to find a place to tee off and network with friends or colleagues. The Edison Township 9/11 Memorial is located at Papaianni Park, which is at Central Avenue, Linden Avenue, and Vineyard Road, Edison.Įdison has two golf courses: in Plainfield and Metuchen. Papaianni Park, on 15 acres, includes a lake and picnic grove. This park offers a pristine 217 acres to the large crowds that assemble at the lake’s edges. click on Find The Perfect Park- 73.Īmong the thirty parks offered, Roosevelt Park (a Middlesex County Park) provides a beautiful place to enjoy a stroll around the lake or to take in a play at the open-air theater. There are 1,350 acres of parkland in Edison (8.2% of county total). Edison provides a range of beautiful outdoor spaces and recreational activities with more than 20 well-equipped and staffed neighborhood playgrounds, softball fields and golf courses for the public to enjoy. The park system is extensive and includes two large county parks.

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