What is the
New Jersey Trails Association?

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Want to enjoy the outdoors near home? Take a walk! New Jersey Trails Association (NJTA) provides places to walk and gives you all the information you need. Walking is fun, healthy, and part of an active lifestyle. There are over 64 trail walks listed on the attached pages. Start walking today and keep track of your time and distance with this convenient walking calendar! Walking also helps the planet by reducing the number of vehicles on the roads, thereby reducing the amount of fuel emissions going into the air we breathe! Make a contribution to trail building and long-term work of NJTA.

NJTA is a cooperative project of land preservation and conservation organizations spearheaded by D&R Greenway Land Trust. The group's mission is to make accurate information and maps on preserved lands accessible to the public. NJTA assembles information on trails open to the public, and posts the information on this site. We also work with state, county, local, non-profit land preservation groups and parks agencies to plan more trails.

NJTA has a steering committee with representatives from the following organizations:

• D&R Greenway Land Trust
• Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
• Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
• Kingston Greenways Association
• Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance
• Friends of Princeton Open Space
• Lawrence Township Conservation Foundation
• Montgomery Friends of Open Space
• New Jersey Conservation Foundation
• Mercer Walks
• West Windsor Friends of Open Space
• Friends for the Marsh
• Garden State Greenways

New Jersey Trails Association is grateful for the support of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management for funds to make this work possible. <more>

Updated trail guides

Lawrence Township

Laurie Chauncey Trail/ETS

Lawrence Township

Mercer County NW (Pole Farm)

East Amwell

Hunterdon Sourland Mtn. Reservation

Last Update: 
August 6, 2008

*Hiking & Walking Tips
When hiking in the summer, 
wear light colors, tuck socks
into long pants.  Check for ticks 
and remove immediately!

Spotlight on Thompson Park
Jamesburg Borough & Monroe Township

Thompson Park is 675 acres on the edge between Jamesburg Borough and Monroe Township. The Park contains many recreational facilities, but has also retained a natural area filled with several miles of trails. It is owned and operated by the Middlesex County Parks Department and is one of the largest parks in the system. An active Open Space Preservation Program has preserved an added 1000 acres to the south of the park that will provide additional hiking and recreational opportunities to the area. e. <click here to go to trail guide >