Editing Northfield, New Jersey (section)

==Parks and recreation==
Northfield is home to Birch Grove Park, which covers {{convert|271|acre}} of heavily wooded land dotted with stocked fresh water fishing lakes. Birch Grove Park features over 50 campsites, exercise and nature trails, a bandstand and an extensive children's playground.<ref>[http://www.cityofnorthfield.org/mainpages/birchgrove.asp Birch Grove Park & Family Campground], City of Northfield. Accessed April 11, 2012.</ref>

Northfield features a large bird sanctuary, dedicated to remaining open space in perpetuity.<ref>Russell, Thomas. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEAD59DF17CBB8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "School Board's Sale of Property to Mean Revenue for Northfield"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', November 8, 1997. Accessed November 19, 2013. "The city also owns a neighboring property that was deed restricted several years ago for use as a bird sanctuary."</ref>