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Bass River State Forest
Managed by New Jersey Divison of Parks and Forestry
19,038 acres101.4 mi of trail
Batona TrailCCC (Orange) TrailPush LineMartha Road (Batona Trail)Falkinburg (Purple) Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Bass River
Bass River, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 45% of Bass River is conserved land, roughly 22,308 acres. There are about 144 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bass River State Forest (101.4 mi), Wharton State Forest (8.4 mi), and Oswego River Natural Area (3.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bass River, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bass River outdoors
Conserved land
45%
22,308 of 49,914 acres
Trails
144 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 79 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
named on the map
Bike routes
5.0 mi
5.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
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Wharton State Forest
Managed by New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
2,195 acres8.4 mi of trail
Calico Road (Batona Trail)
Dog rules not recorded
3
Oswego River Natural Area
Managed by New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
443 acres3.2 mi of trail
Martha Furnace Road / Batona Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
Managed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
4,699 acres3.1 mi of trail
AT&T Row
Dog rules not recorded
5
Absegami Natural Area
Managed by NDEP
123 acres0.9 mi of trail
Poppy Allen (Yellow) TrailAbsegami (Silver) TrailDump Road / Falkinburg (Purple) Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Penn State Forest
Nature preserve
125 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
22,308 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 14 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 77 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes5.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- CCC (Orange) Trail (bike route)3.8 mi
- Poppy Allen (Yellow) Trail (bike route)3.1 mi
- Falkinburg (Purple) Trail (bike route)2.9 mi
- Nisky (Green) Trail (bike route)1.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball2
- Baseball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Bass River and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass River | 44.7% | 144.2 mi | 8 |
| Washington | 34.3% | 283.8 mi | 8 |
| Little Egg Harbor | 34.2% | 92.7 mi | 10 |
| Port Republic | 35% | 4.8 mi | 3 |
| Galloway | 28% | 65.5 mi | 7 |
| Woodland | 33.6% | 337.3 mi | 11 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bass River's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 34.9-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.