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Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ

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Liberty State Park

Walk a waterfront promenade facing the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, and catch ferries to Liberty and Ellis Islands.

200 Morris Pesin Dr · Jersey City, NJ

About Liberty State Park

This 1,212-acre state park sits on Upper New York Bay opposite Liberty Island and Ellis Island. You can walk or bike the Liberty Walkway promenade, visit Empty Sky, the state's September 11 memorial, and step inside the 1889 Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, where ferries leave for both islands. Liberty Science Center is also in the park, and Communipaw Cove holds a salt marsh nature preserve.

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  • Museums
    Family Favorite

    Liberty Science Center

    $25–$50

    Explore hands-on science exhibits, live animals and a 100-foot planetarium dome inside Liberty State Park.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums

    Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration

    No admission fee

    A museum on Ellis Island that tells the story of American immigration through the buildings where millions were processed.

    0.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums
    Local Gem

    MORA Museum of International Art

    Under $25

    See Soviet nonconformist and émigré art, plus rotating shows by living artists, in a renovated brownstone in Paulus Hook.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.0 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Iconic

    The Battery

    No admission fee

    Walk a 25-acre harborfront park at Manhattan's southern tip, with gardens, memorials and Statue of Liberty ferries.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.7 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Governors Island

    Under $25

    Ride a short ferry to a car-free harbor island with two old forts, lawns, hammocks, public art and skyline views.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.9 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Local Gem

    Cadman Plaza Park

    No admission fee

    Stroll the tree-lined lawns of Brooklyn's civic park between Borough Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge, past the Brooklyn War Memorial.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    3.1 mi awayMore like this

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