Best Climbing Gym near Fairfield, New-jersey

Great bouldering. I'd go here over a gravity vault for bouldering any day. Plenty of varieties for beginner to experienced climbers. The top rope isn't as great with shorter walls and less variety compared to a gravity vault. It's nice that there is a café within the place. All the staff I've interacted with have been very friendly and helpful. I've brought a lot of friends around so their guest passes for first time visitors is a great part of the membership.

My daughter had her 12th birthday party at the NJ Rock Gym on 9/6/24. The staff helped make the booking, planning and celebrating seamless! They were the most professional, polite, responsive and efficient group of people. The belays were helpful, encouraging and patient with almost 30 girls. (My older daughter had her bday party there about 10 years ago and we had the same experience.) The party rooms are very spacious and clean too! I would highly recommend the NJ Rock Gym for climbing and parties!! Thank you for a wonderful and fun experience for the second time!

Great staff and facility. The setting can be a bit more stiff than some other gyms in the area, but is more reflective of what you might encounter outside at some of the local NJ & NYC crags. The climbs at every skill level are fun and challenging in different ways, and offer opportunities for cool movements from kneebars and dynos on overhang to small crimps and slopers on technical slab. The free monthly guest pass I get as a member is great for bringing friends who are new to climbing

Yesterday was our first time here, I was looking for a good place to take my son and my nephew nearer to the nephew's home then our local. I called ahead to try to get an idea how many auto belays they had to know how much of our time we'd spend belaying each other. What I didn't expect was how much bouldering there was. There's some nice routes auto belayed or top roped and an interesting lead wall. But the whole center of the place is bouldering problems of many levels. The boys were very impressed. They even have an inclined cave you can try to solve the roof of, up to a different bouldering area (I took the stairs). I even highly recommend the torta place next door when we were ready for a break. Though I was done climbing after that lunch. Now I wish this place was closer to my house.

Really great place! The people there, like the belays, are really nice and have good humor. I went there with my camp and I had a great time. The belays are encouraging, helpful, respectful, and funny. There was also a plethora of walls to choose from. If you want to go rock climbing, NJ rock gym is the place to go!