Where Can I Walk or Hike?

The Carolina Chickadee is a songbird that breeds in central New Jersey

D&R Greenway Land Trust is working to preserve and protect a permanent network of natural lands and open spaces in central New Jersey. Our mission is to provide appropriate public access to these areas and encourage active lifestyles and a greater appreciation of the natural world.

Below is a list of existing or planned walking trails created and maintained by D&R Greenway Land Trust in natural areas we have purchased for preservation or for which we hold a conservation easement. If you are interested in helping create and maintain trails, contact Jim Amon at 609-924-4646, ext. 124.

• Sourlands Foothills Trail -
  Hopewell Township, Mercer County
• Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain -
  Hopewell Township, Mercer County
• The Northern Stony Brook Preserve, East Amwell Township, Hunterdon County with the following trail segments:

- Mountain Road Loop
- Picnic Rock Loop
- Double Crossing Loop
- Rileyville Road Connection

• Cedar Ridge, Hopewell Township, Mercer County
• Kate's Trail, Hopewell Township, Mercer County
• St. Michael's Woods - Preservation is underway. Trails are being planned!
• Drakes Corner - Trail guide coming soon!
  
  (Public funding, mainly from New Jersey Green Acres program, was vital to the preservation of these natural areas.)
  
  The following is a list of properties which

  Views of Greenway Meadows, Princeton, NJ

  
  D&R Greenway Land Trust helped preserve
  in collaboration with other organizations.
  These properties, and their trails, are
  managed by other local organizations.

• Coventry Farm (extension of Mountain Lakes Preserve), Princeton Township, Mercer County
• Greenway Meadows Park (Rosedale Rd.), Princeton Township, Mercer County
• Institute Woods, Princeton Township., Mercer County
• Carson Road Woods, Lawrence Township, Mercer County

In 2002, D&R Greenway Land Trust founded the New Jersey Trails Association in collaboration with several other land preservation organizations. The NJTA is a resource for citizens who are looking for reliable, current information and maps on walking trails and wonderful hiking destinations in the region.

(Updated June 24, 2008)