Editing Paramus, New Jersey (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Bergen County Zoo.JPG|thumb|Bergen County Zoo at [[Van Saun County Park]]]]
[[File:Paramus welcome sign.jpg|thumb|A welcome sign in Paramus, celebrating its status as a [[social stigma]]-free borough and home of the 2011 New Jersey State [[Little League Baseball]] Champions]]
Paramus is the home to two county parks. On the eastern side of the borough is [[Van Saun County Park]], a {{convert|146|acres|adj=on}} park that features Bergen County's only [[zoo]], home to a wide variety of wild and domestic animals living in recreated habitats natural to each species.<ref>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/?nid=852 Van Saun County Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509081122/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/?nid=852 |date=May 9, 2015 }}, Bergen County Parks. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref> Van Saun Park also has a playground, train ride, carousel, athletic fields, and pony rides. The Washington Spring site in the park takes its name from reports that General Washington drank water from the spring here while his troops were encamped nearby, west of the Hackensack River.<ref>[http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/paramus_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm Revolutionary War Sites in Paramus, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324095734/http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/paramus_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm |date=March 24, 2016 }}, Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed June 19, 2016.</ref> The Continental Army is reported to have utilized the old spring at the base of these slopes during the September encampment west of the Hackensack River.

On the western side of the borough is [[Saddle River County Park]] which features a {{convert|6|mi|km|adj=on}} bike path reaching from Ridgewood to Rochelle Park.<ref>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/saddle-river-county-park Saddle River County Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007041559/https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/saddle-river-county-park |date=October 7, 2019 }}, Bergen County Parks. Accessed July 6, 2022. "Multi-use pathway/Bicycle-Pedestrian Path: This bike and pedestrian path travels from Ridgewood to Rochelle Park and is approximately 6 miles in length. This continuous path runs through Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, Paramus, Saddle Brook and Rochelle Park and under Route 4."</ref>

The borough has four golf courses. Two are open to the public, with the Paramus Golf Course operated by the borough<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110313235429/http://www.paramusborough.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=12 Golf Course], Borough of Paramus. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref> and Orchard Hills County Golf Course operated by the county.<ref>[http://golfbergencounty.com/orchard_hills_course/ Orchard Hills Golf Course] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607231611/http://golfbergencounty.com/orchard_hills_course/ |date=June 7, 2015 }}, [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref> The two private golf course located in Paramus are the [[Ridgewood Country Club]] and Arcola Country Club. Ridgewood Country Club was ranked as the  #6 Center Ranked Among Top 500 Holes in the World Golf Magazine – 2000 and Ranked # 84 on the list of Most Prestigious Clubs in America Golf Connoisseur – 2006.

In 2008, the Paramus Golf Course opened a [[miniature golf]] course that is themed after the borough of Paramus as well as the state of New Jersey. Turkey statues are scattered around the course to celebrate Paramus as the "land of the wild turkeys."<ref>[https://www.paramusminigolf.com/ Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707015655/https://www.paramusminigolf.com/ |date=July 7, 2022 }}, Paramus Mini Golf, Borough of Paramus. Accessed July 6, 2022.</ref>

Paramus has an outdoor municipal swimming pool complex on Van Binsberger Boulevard. It has three pools: a main pool, a pool for younger swimmers, and a baby pool.<ref>[https://www.paramusborough.org/259/Pool Pool] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723105325/https://www.paramusborough.org/259/Pool |date=July 23, 2022 }}, Borough of Paramus. Accessed July 6, 2022.</ref> Paramus Little League were the 2011 New Jersey State [[Little League Baseball]] Champions.<ref>[http://www.unpage.org/newjersey/nj-2011.htm New Jersey State Tournament Major Baseball Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120447/http://www.unpage.org/newjersey/nj-2011.htm |date=September 25, 2015 }}, Unpage. Accessed September 24, 2015.</ref>

Arcola Park was an outdoor amusement park built in 1926. It had a huge swimming pool, a convention hall, a dance pavilion, an auditorium, and rides. A fire in 1929 destroyed the entire park, with the exception of the pool. The pool was destroyed by another fire in 1970 and closed down for good.<ref>[http://teachernotes.paramus.k12.nj.us/History%20of%20Paramus/Historical%20Overview/Early%201900s.htm Early 1900s – A New Town Emerges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629110715/http://teachernotes.paramus.k12.nj.us/History%20of%20Paramus/Historical%20Overview/Early%201900s.htm |date=June 29, 2014 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref> The park site was replaced by a Ramada Inn, the hotel extending into a small portion of [[Rochelle Park, New Jersey|Rochelle Park]].<ref>[http://teachernotes.paramus.k12.nj.us/History of Paramus/Historical Overview/Early 1900s.htm Early 1900s – A New Town Emerges]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed April 9, 2014.</ref>