From playground equipment to sports courts to bocci courts, everybody in the family can find something here to burn off some energy and calories.  There are also pleny of activities for people with disabilities  -- Challenge Grove earned the Innovative Accessible Facilities Award.

If you want to use the picnic pavilions and sports courts, you have to make a reservation.  But here's the catch. The park is so popular that folks start calling to reserve their space as early as April.  To be sure you will have a table or covered pavilion where you can crack open your picnic basket, call (856) 216-2130 a day in advance to see if space is available. And here's the good news.  Even if space is booked, you can bring your own folding table and enjoy the outdoors at Challenge Grove.

There are several stories about the origins of bocce. One story has it that the game originated in Egypt,  somewhere around 5,200 B.C.  Another version puts its start in Greece about 600 B.C.  But pretty much everyone agrees that while fighting the Punic Wars in Carthage in 264 B.C., soldiers used to play the game to pass the time between battles. 

Camden County parks hosts clean-up days of their parks throughout the year. To get a schedule of when you can pitch in, call (856) 216-2127 or (856) 216-2128.  Then round up your best buds and go do a good deed. 

To learn what you can do to support the park, call (856) 216-2127 or (856) 216-2128.

There are trash cans throughout the park so please walk those extra few steps to dispose of your trash.