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Worth seeing in and around Rutherford

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    MetLife Stadium

    MetLife Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, five miles west of New York City. Opened in 2010, it replaced Giants Stadium and serves as the home for the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League.

    3.1 km · football stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, home of the New York Giants and New York Jets · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Meadowlands Sports Complex

    The Meadowlands Sports Complex is a sports complex located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. The facility is owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.

    3.1 km · stadium in New Jersey, US · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Big Snow American Dream

    Big Snow American Dream is an indoor skiing and snowboarding park within the American Dream shopping and entertainment complex, at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, that opened on December 5, 2019. Big Snow American Dream is the first indoor ski park in North America.

    3.5 km · Indoor ski and snowboarding park · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    DreamWorks Water Park

    DreamWorks Water Park is an indoor water park within the American Dream shopping and entertainment complex, at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Opened on October 1, 2020, the water park includes 15 water slides and 15 attractions, and covers 8.5 acres.

    3.8 km · Indoor water park located in the American Dream retail and entertainment complex · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    De Jessa Memorial Bridge

    Kingsland Avenue Bridge, earlier known as Avondale Bridge and designated the De Jessa Memorial Bridge, is a vehicular movable bridge over the Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey. It crosses the county line to connect the towns of Lyndhurst in Bergen and Nutley in Essex, originally taking its name from the Kingsland section.

    3.2 km · bridge in Nutley and Lyndhurst, New Jersey · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Hillside Cemetery

    Hillside Cemetery is a non-profit, non-sectarian cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. It was established in 1882.

    1.7 km · cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Jacob W. Van Winkle House

    The Jacob W. Van Winkle House is located in Lyndhurst, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The homestead was built in 1797 and is the current home of the Masonic Club of Lyndhurst.

    2.4 km · historic house in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Richard Outwater House

    The Richard Outwater House is located in East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey. The house was built in 1821 for Richard and Catherine Outwater.

    800 m · historic house in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Rutherford

Airports
Newark Liberty (EWR), 16 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 20 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 35 km
Stations
Meadowlands, 3.3 km · Wesmont, 3.6 km · Delawanna railway station, 2.1 km
  • Philadelphia → Rutherford
    132 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · $12–17
  • Hartford → Rutherford
    158 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · $15–21
  • Albany → Rutherford
    205 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · $18–24
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rutherford

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Rutherford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextOften referred to as "Wall Street West", it still contains amazing views of Manhattan, Liberty State Park, which has ferries to Liberty and Ellis Island, and tons of foreign cuisine.

From Wikivoyage: Clifton (New Jersey), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2022-01.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    83 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    562 km
  3. 03
    Tortola and the British Virgin IslandsVG

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    2,650 km
  4. 04
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    2,656 km
  5. 05
    SabaNL

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    2,781 km

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Around it

Next door to Rutherford

Rutherford is 13 km from Manhattan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.