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Visiting Edison & Lodging

Edison works especially well as a Central Jersey base: visitors can explore nationally important invention history at Menlo Park, use Roosevelt Park for outdoor recreation, shop at Menlo Park Mall and Oak Tree Road, and reach Rutgers, New Brunswick and major highways easily.

Things to see & do

Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park

37 Christie Street. Guided tours cover Edison's laboratory work, original artifacts, early phonographs and the Memorial Tower.

Visitor information

Edison Memorial Tower

Iconic Art Deco monument on the historic Menlo Park laboratory site.

Roosevelt Park

196-acre Middlesex County park with a lake, trails, sports courts, picnic areas, playgrounds, fishing and seasonal skating.

Plays-in-the-Park

Summer musical-theater tradition at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Roosevelt Park.

Menlo Park Mall

Regional shopping, restaurants and entertainment at 55 Parsonage Road.

Oak Tree Road

Explore Edison's portion of one of the country's best-known South Asian shopping and dining corridors.

Festival Plaza / Route 27

Asian supermarkets, restaurants, bakeries and dessert shops create another destination dining/shopping cluster.

Middlesex College

Public college campus at 2600 Woodbridge Avenue, adjacent to major county facilities and recreation.

Food destination

Edison's dining scene is broad enough to justify a trip of its own.

Food & Drink guide

Stay in Edison

Homewood Suites by Hilton Edison Woodbridge

100 Parsonage Rd · Edison, NJ
732-744-1011

In Edison

Home2 Suites by Hilton Edison

858 New Durham Rd · Edison, NJ
732-248-6546

In Edison

Courtyard by Marriott Edison Woodbridge

3105 Woodbridge Ave · Edison, NJ
732-738-1991

In Edison

Hilton Garden Inn Edison/Raritan Center

50 Raritan Center Pkwy · Edison, NJ
732-225-0900

In Edison

Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Edison-South Plainfield

875 New Durham Rd · Edison, NJ
732-650-0011

In Edison

Crowne Plaza Edison by IHG

2055 Lincoln Hwy · Edison, NJ
732-287-3500

In Edison

Comfort Inn Edison - New Brunswick

831 US-1 · Edison, NJ
732-287-0171

In Edison

Visitor planning

Rail

Edison Station and Metropark provide Northeast Corridor service. Metropark also has major parking and regional rail connections.

Driving

Edison has direct access to the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, I-287, Route 1, Route 27 and regional county roads.

Thomas Edison Center tours: museum access is by guided tour, with public tours Thursday through Saturday and advance reservations strongly encouraged. Verify current hours and ticket availability before making a special trip.

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Edison information reviewed September 16, 2026. Businesses, menus, hours, projects, lodging, events and job openings can change; confirm time-sensitive details directly with the organization.