[8] The goal of the commission was to provide attractive recreation areas, as well as aid traffic problems and protect limited water resources.

[1][12][2] That year, the Garden Club of America announced an alliance with the Morris County Park Commission's mission of "acquiring land, preserving natural areas, [and] protecting watersheds and streams from pollution.

[2] The park alone includes "hiking, off-road biking, and equestrian trails[,] picnic areas[,] athletic fields, a dog park, group camping areas[,] sledding, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing" and, in the summer, the Sunrise Lake Beach Club, a water obstacle course, a flume, paddleboat riding, and fishing.

[14] The following, the Morris County Park Commission constructed a nature education center on part of the 556 acres (225 ha) of the Loantaka Brook Reservation.

[14] Circa 1973, Myers, a landscape architect and MCPC's Secretary-Director,[15] had weekly tea for years with Morristown farmer Caroline Foster.

This was due to the environmental detriment to the Sunset Valley Golf Course as well as noise and drainage issues created by the proposed road.

[27][28] In 2019, the Morris County Park Commission announced their intention to create a recreational trail looping around the 700-acre (280 ha) Boonton Reservoir, a source of clean drinking water for over 300,000 people.