by Sandra Fikes

Created on: July 21, 2009

Getting out and Moving is one of the best forms of exercise. Rather you walk, jog, or run, there are places all over Jersey City that let you get out and enjoy the day. If you are looking for some new places to explore, then hopefully this small guide will be of some use in locating a new favorite or a few challenges, and maybe some help in finding others that share your passion.

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Liberty State Park
http://www.libertystatepark.org/

While Liberty State Park is not, technically, a part of Jersey City, it is still one of the best places to go jogging in Jersey City. While it is a bit confusing to get to the park on foot, it's quite easy once you know the secret. Visit http://www.jerseycityuncovered.com/Magazine/Liberty_ SP_Map.html for a map of how to get to the park by bike or on foot. Going past the Jersey City Medical Center, you follow the road down to a gravel area, passing some warehouses to where a small bridge leads to Audrey Zapp Dr. and then on down to the waterfront of Liberty State Park. From there you can follow paved paths along the Hudson River.

Liberty State Park is noted as being a quiet oasis secluded away from the noise of the city that surrounds it. Offering park visitors a quiet place to enjoy the mixture of city and seclusion as they gaze across open grassy areas to the towering skyscrapers of the skyline and some of the best views of Lady Liberty herself.

There is a self guided trail within the park that leads through salt marshes and wildflower meadows.
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Liberty Walk

This popular promenade within Liberty Park runs along the eastern edge of Liberty State Park, a 1.3 mile stroll along the waterfront from the park office and Statue of Liberty overlook to the CRRNJ Terminal.

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Hackensack RiverWalk

This is a planned 8-mile waterfront park that connects Lincoln Park to the Hudson County Park. When completed it will allow hikers to access the river and a pedestrian trail that links retail, office, commercial and residential districts.
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Leonard Gordon Park
http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/L_Pages /Leonard_Gordon_Park.htm

Known to locals as "Mosquito Park", Leonard Gordon Park is best known for its sculptures of Buffalo and Bears that are visible from Kennedy Boulevard. Sold to the city in 1907 during the "City Beautiful" movement, Leonard Gordon Park is 5.7 acres of rocky terrain designed by

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