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Pickleball Club at Monroe

Your Road Trip Close to Home adventure guide for Oct. 5

Don't be sour ... we've got pickleball fun for you in New Jersey! Then we head to Nassau County’s largest nature preserve - with over 500 acres of fields, woodlands, ponds and estate grounds. We wrap it all up with a trip to Garrison for some Hudson Valley hidden gems - all on a Road Trip Close to Home.

Brian Heyman

Oct 5, 2023, 5:00 AM

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Don't be sour ... we've got pickleball fun for you in New Jersey! Then we head to Nassau County’s largest nature preserve - with over 500 acres of fields, woodlands, ponds and estate grounds. We wrap it all up with a trip to Garrison for some Hudson Valley hidden gems - all on a Road Trip Close to Home.


Pickleball Club at Monroe

  • 4 Farrington Blvd. | Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831

  • Website


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Muttontown Preserve

  • Located on Route 25A west of Jericho-Oyster Bay Road, Muttontown Lane | East Norwich, New York 11732

  • Website



Exploring Garrison

Boscobel House and Gardens

  • 1601 Route 9D

  • Grounds and gardens open 9 a.m. to sunset Thursday through Monday. Guided house tours available 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.

  • Website

Dolly's Restaurant

  • 7 Garrison’s Landing

  • Open 4-9 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 4-9:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4-9 p.m. Sundays.

  • Website


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Bronx Museum of the Arts

  • 1040 Grand Concourse | The Bronx, New York 10456

  • "Michael Richards: Are You Down?" exhibit open through Jan. 7, 2024.

  • Open 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

  • Website


Main Street New Jersey: Chatham



Beardsley Zoo Glow Wild

  • 1875 Noble Ave. | Bridgeport, Connecticut 06610

  • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays until Dec. 2.

  • Website


Tavern on the Green

  • W. 67th St. | New York, New York 10023

  • Open 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sunday.

  • Website


Danbury Barbie House


T20 Cricket World Cup at Eisenhower Park


Interested in more adventures? Check out last week's destinations close to home.

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