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Lord Stirling Park
Nature preserve
1,009 acres10 mi of trail
UnblazedRed TrailYellow TrailBlue TrailManor Trail Blue
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bernards
Bernards, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Bernards is conserved land, roughly 2,526 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lord Stirling Park (10 mi), Pleasant Valley Park (1.2 mi), and Harry Dunham Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bernards, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bernards outdoors
Conserved land
16%
2,526 of 15,480 acres
Trails
24 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
90 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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.
2
Pleasant Valley Park
Park
51 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Harry Dunham Park
Park
28 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sons of Liberty Farm
Park
25 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
All 13 parks & preserves
- Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Second Watchung Greenway354 ac · Directions
- Farmstead Park19 ac · Directions
- Southard park18 ac · Directions
- Ridge Baseball Club Complex8 ac · Directions
- Astor Fields6 ac · Directions
- Fireman's Field2 ac · Directions
- Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge1 ac
- Dewy Meadow Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,526 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 52 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
Courts & fields
- Tennis49
- Baseball24
- Basketball12
- Soccer10
- Equestrian3
- Football2
- Volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bernards and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernards | 16.3% | 23.9 mi | 13 |
| Harding | 51.6% | 44.9 mi | 8 |
| Warren | 8.9% | 6.2 mi | 3 |
| Long Hill | 51% | 5.4 mi | 4 |
| Bernardsville | 8.4% | 8.5 mi | 1 |
| Far Hills | 7.7% | 1.8 mi | 2 |
| Bridgewater | 14.8% | 39.6 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bernards'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 24-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.