Leamings Run Gardens, Atlantic City - Courtesy /www.leamingsrungardens.com/

Besides other more prominent attractions that make Atlantic City better known you do have here some sedate outdoor pleasures that are especially charming for children and older people. Tired of sauntering on the promenade or being glued to the slot machines many people love to visit the few parks around here.

For one Atlantic City is not really lush with green areas. So the few places offering the outdoors are well loved. The beautiful Cape May is where you could head for to enjoy a jaunt in spacious parks and gardens. Cape May nestles in the backdrop of the beautiful scenery of Point Straight Park.

The Nature Center of Cape May features prime beach and marshland. The Park harbors the natural habitat for migrating sea and shore birds thats brings tourists and enthusiasts in thousands to observe these avian creatures. The Leaming’s Run Gardens located here recreate life as it used to be in the 18th century.

Close to Atlantic City the park covers 200 acres of diverse landscape featuring shoreline, dunes, marshland, islands and forests. You can even enjoy fishing that is quite good here. Also at hand are plenty of walking trails and of course the Cape May Lighthouse with a museum and a visitors’ center.

The Oscar E. McClinton, Jr Waterfront Park is also a great place after being cloistered in the gaming halls. This waterfront park features 4 acres of manicured lawn areas surrounded by colonnades and walkways. With a children’s play area, a boardwalk promenade and a central pavilion for sitting and viewing the sea it makes for an attractive detour.

These parks and gardens are open from Memorial Day to Labor Day, daily from dawn to dusk. Admission is free.