Burlington County has been creating more and more parkland and Long Bridge Park is one of its newer parks.

The Park edges along Rancocas Creek and its 115 acres are a little of everything you could want in the great outdoors – uplands forests, lowland forests, a freshwater pond and wetlands, tidal marshland, creek shoreline, and meadows.

Bring your fishing rod (and a license) and you and perch yourself along the banks of the creek and spend the afternoon catching your dinner. But just to be safe, a picnic basket wouldn't be a bad idea. There are numerous picnic tables and pavilions throughout Long Bridge Park for al fresco dining. And if you have an urge to grill, there are permanent grills located at various picnic spots around the Park.

If walking, hiking, or biking is your thing, four different trails wind through the park and each takes you past many of the other Park amenities. There is a nature study center and observation blinds where you can spot white-tailed deer, red fox, gray squirrels, beavers, cottontail rabbits, red-tailed hawks, great blue herons, and a wide variety of waterfowl. The Ravine Nature Trail is only for hikers but the others are open to all-terrain bikers. During the winter, when the trails are covered with snow, you can also go cross-country skiing or snowshoeing.

You can even bring the little ones. They can spend the day playing on one of two age-appropriate play areas.