{"id":187,"date":"2010-08-10T11:03:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T11:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=187"},"modified":"2010-09-02T10:01:10","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T10:01:10","slug":"bushnell-park-in-hartford-conn-a-scenic-urban-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"Bushnell Park in Hartford, Conn.: A Scenic Urban Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bushnell, Park in Hartford, Conn., might be America&#8217;s oldest publicly-funded public park but it is ultimately a timeless New England attraction and the centerpiece of \u00a0this central Connecticut city. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The spacious 41 acres grounds in the heart of downtown Hartford are perfect for walking or a jog, and a restored 1914 carousel will leave you breathless &#8212; it&#8217;s a classic, lovingly restored working antique wooden merry-go-round. A pond, pavilion, around 140 varieties of tree, concerts and festivals, and the Pump House Gallery &#8212; featuring art work by local artists &#8212; further help make Bushnell Park, along with the Boston Common and Public Garden in Boston, Mass., arguably, the nicest downtown New England park in New England. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And with no charge to visit the park and only a $1.00 charge per person for the carousel, Bushnell Park is a certified Thrifty New England Traveler New England travel bargain!<\/p>\n<p><em>Bushnell Park is located between Elm, Jewell and Trinity Streets.<\/em>\u00a0Log onto the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bushnellpark.org\/\">Bushnell Park Foundation Web Site<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bushnell, Park in Hartford, Conn., might be America&#8217;s oldest publicly-funded public park but it is ultimately a timeless New England attraction and the centerpiece of \u00a0this central Connecticut city. \u00a0 The spacious 41 acres grounds in the heart of downtown Hartford are perfect for walking or a jog, and a restored 1914 carousel will leave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[282,277,283,245,251,273,271,1],"tags":[111,112,115,114,113],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}