Best
Trails of New
Jersey
hiking,
road biking, mountain biking,
walking, running,
#1.
Appalachian Trail:
Sunfish Pond & Mount
Mohican
Sunfish Pond is one of the
most popular hiking destinations
in New Jersey, with good
reason. The rocky shores
of this crystal clear glacial
lake are postcard perfect.
Get an early start for this
hik...
From the guidebook "Exploring
the Appalachian Trail: Hikes
in the Mid-Atlantic States"
Hiking
Trails
Columbia, NJ - Hiking -
8.8 miles
#2. Ringwood State
Park Trails
At 5,000 plus acres, Ringwood
State Park is one of the
larger tracts of public
land in northeastern New
Jersey. The fact that it
can be described as “mountain-bike
friendly” makes it
even more attrac...
From the guidebook "Mountain
Biking in New Jersey"
Hiking
Trails
Ringwood, NJ - Mountain
Biking - 11.5 miles
#3. Appalachian
Trail: Sunrise
Mountain & High Point
The northern Kittatinny
Ridge rises in an uninterrupted
rampart, climbing to 1803
feet at High Point, the
greatest elevation above
sea level in New Jersey.
This rugged AT ridge walk
is punctuated by ...
From the guidebook "Exploring
the Appalachian Trail: Hikes
in the Mid-Atlantic States"
Hiking
Trails
Sussex, NJ - Hiking - 17
miles
#4. Palisades Interstate
Park and the Long
Path, NJ
This 7- or 17-mile hiking
route takes you across the
George Washington Bridge,
north atop the Palisades
high above the Hudson River,
then down to either the
Englewood or the Alpine
Boat Basin, south t...
From the guidebook "Outdoor
Escapes: New York City"
Hiking
Trails
Englewood, NJ - Hiking -
17 miles
#5. Appalachian
Trail: Catfish
Mountain to Flatbrookville
Road
The Kittatinny Ridge stretches
northeast from the Delaware
Water Gap for 43 miles to
High Point, New Jersey,
and is topped the entire
way by the Appalachian Trail.
When you look down from
this precip...
From the guidebook "Exploring
the Appalachian Trail: Hikes
in the Mid-Atlantic States"
Hiking
Trails
Jacksonburg, NJ - Hiking
- 7.1 miles
#6. Allamuchy Mountain
State Park
Allamuchy State Park, with
its 12 miles of forest roads
and singletrack, is a place
worth seeking out. Riding
is a mixed bag, including
everything from easy cruising
on well-graded forest roads
to cha...
From the guidebook "Mountain
Biking Eastern New York"
Hiking
Trails
Hackettstown, NJ - Mountain
Biking - 12 miles
#7. Mount Tammany
The Kittatinny Ridge (meaning
“Endless Mountain”
in the Lenape Native American
language) comes to an abrupt,
spectacular end at Mount
Tammany. The 1,527-foot
ridge plunges 1,200 feet
into the Delaware...
From the guidebook "Nature
Walks in New Jersey"
Hiking
Trails
Jacksonburg, NJ - Hiking
- 3.5 miles
#8. Ringwood State
Park
You can cruise all day on
a labyrinth of old carriage
roads that honeycomb Ringwood
State Park, 4,300 acres
in northwest New Jersey
near I-87 and the New York
state line. The hard-packed
doubletrack ...
From the guidebook "Mountain
Bike! Mid-Atlantic States:
New York to West Virginia"
Hiking
Trails
Ringwood, NJ - Mountain
Biking - 8 miles
#9. Apple Pie Hill
Fire Tower
There are no natural vistas
from which to overlook the
vast pine and oak wildlands
overlaying the Cohansey
formation aquifer. But 205-foot-high
Apple Pie Hill with its
firetower offers a stunning
man-...
From the guidebook "Nature
Walks in New Jersey"
Hiking
Trails
Tabernacle, NJ - Hiking
- 8 miles
#10. Wharton State
Forest
Wharton State Forest's 110,000
acres form the largest single
tract of land in the New
Jersey State Park System,
but Wharton is part of a
much larger system, one
that stretches over one
million acres i...
From the guidebook "Mountain
Biking the Greater Philadelphia
Area"
Hiking
Trails
Hammonton, NJ - Mountain
Biking - 11.9 miles
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