Editor’s Note: This originally ran on December 27, after Baristaville’s first big winter snow storm.
Ready to go sledding?
There’s plenty of snow, but wait until the streets are clear and don’t forget the helmets!
Here are some good spots:
Floods Hill
North Ridgewood Road
South Orange, NJ
Maplewood Memorial Park
Dog hill/amphitheater, opposite the train station.
Maplewood, NJ
Jefferson Elementary School
518 Ridgewood Road
Maplewood, NJ
Mountainside Park
Upper Mountain Avenue from Laurel Avenue to Mt. Hebron Road
Montclair, NJ, 07043
Brookdale Park: Rose Garden Hill
Bloomfield, NJ
Redwood Elementary School
75 Redwood Avenue
West Orange, NJ
Dogwood Hillside: South Mountain Reservation
Dogwood Hillside, Brookside Drive
Short Hills, NJ
Wyoming Elementary School
55 Myrtle Avenue
Millburn, NJ
Know of another great spot? Tell us in comments.
(Photo: Flickr/Kimberly*)
(Excerpt photo: Flickr/Scott Ableman)



















They put a temporary gate around the Rose Garden, so half of the sledding hill is gone.
That was a perfect place for little kids.
As a kid, I went to Pulaski Park in Bloomfield. Super hill
Our street in South Orange is a perfect sledding hill. My kids are sliding down as I type.