Your Road Trip Close to Home adventure guide for Oct. 5
By: Brian Heyman Oct 5, 2023, 9:00am Updated on: Oct 5, 2023
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.

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Pickleball Club at Monroe
  • 4 Farrington Blvd. | Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831
  • Website
Muttontown Preserve features more than 500 acres of fields, woodlands, ponds and estate grounds.
Muttontown Preserve
  • Located on Route 25A west of Jericho-Oyster Bay Road, Muttontown Lane | East Norwich, New York 11732
  • Website

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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
Brooklyn-born Michael Richards died while working in a studio on the 92nd floor of tower one of the World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11. His works are now on display at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
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

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Main Street New Jersey: Chatham

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Beardsley Zoo Glow Wild
  • 1875 Noble Ave. | Bridgeport, Connecticut 06610
  • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays until Dec. 2.
  • Website

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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

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Danbury Barbie House

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T20 Cricket World Cup at Eisenhower Park

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

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