Dorbrook Recreation Area Getting Bigger By 5 Acres

COLTS NECK, NJ — The Monmouth County Park System announced Thursday that 5.1 acres have been added to Dorbrook Recreation Area in Colts Neck.

The land comes from a donation from the nonprofit New Jersey Conservation Foundation. On Tuesday of this week, New Jersey Conservation donated a residential property on Rt. 537 to the Monmouth County Park System. Future plans for the property include demolishing the vacant residence and restoring the 5.1 acres as parkland.

“I am very pleased that the Marion Huber property has become part of Dorbrook Recreation Area,” said Freeholder Lillian Burry, liaison to the Monmouth County Park System. “My personal gratitude is extended to the memory of Marion Huber and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.”

New Jersey Conservation received the property in 2006 from a trust established by the late Marion Huber, who passed away in 2001. Marion’s nephew, the late Michael Huber, was a New Jersey Conservation Foundation trustee.

“Marion Huber felt strongly about preserving open space, and it was her intention that the property would eventually be used as parkland,” said Michele S. Byers, executive director of the Far Hills-based New Jersey Conservation Foundation. “We’re very pleased to donate it to the Monmouth County Park System, and I know that the land will be well used by local families as part of Dorbrook Recreation Area.”

One of Monmouth County's most popular sites, Dorbrook Recreation Area features the barrier-free playground Challenger Place, the Sprayground (a water-enhanced play area), tennis courts, an inline skating rink, basketball courts, athletic fields and 2.3 miles of paved trails. It also hosts numerous recreation programs and summer camps each year.

In total, the Park System manages over 17,000 acres of land, about five percent of all the land in Monmouth County. Dorbrook Recreation Area is just one of Park System’s 43 sites.