Parks across Gloucester County close after dark. The county's Parks & Recreation department closes county parks from dawn to dusk, and each municipality closes its own parks under its police power, N.J.S.A. 40:48-2. Being in a closed park is trespassing.
Gloucester County does run a park system, and both the county and its municipalities close their parks overnight. The county's Parks & Recreation department, which manages sites such as Scotland Run Park near Glassboro, Ceres Park in Mantua, and Greenwich Lake Park in Gibbstown, sets posted hours that generally run from dawn to dusk unless a permit or scheduled program allows otherwise. Municipal parks in Deptford, Washington Township, Monroe, and other towns close under local ordinances adopted through the general police power of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2, most often from dusk or a fixed evening hour until dawn. Posted signs at each entrance control.
County park staff and municipal police enforce closing hours. Staying in a county or municipal park past posted hours is defiant trespass under N.J.S.A.
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