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Washington Valley Park West
Managed by Somerset County
350 acres8.8 mi of trail
RedWhiteBlueBlue (connector)Coney Island
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Newmans Lane Lot
Outdoors · Bridgewater
Bridgewater, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Bridgewater is conserved land, roughly 3,052 acres. There are about 40 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Washington Valley Park West (8.8 mi), Washington Valley Park East (8.5 mi), and Duke Island Park (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bridgewater, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bridgewater outdoors
Conserved land
15%
3,052 of 20,592 acres
Trails
40 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 32 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
66 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.5 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
Washington Valley Park East
Managed by Somerset County
334 acres8.5 mi of trail
YellowOrangeUnblazed SingletrackYellow Top LoopYellow Main Vein
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Duke Island Park
Managed by Somerset County Park Commission
324 acres1.6 mi of trail
Canal Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Second Watchung Greenway
Managed by Somerset County Park Commission
263 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 12 parks & preserves
- Chimney Rock Park16 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Thomae Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Ardmaer Park5 ac · Directions
- Clarks Woods Soccer Field4 ac · Directions
- Glen Park2 ac
- Bel Air Park2 ac
- Shady Lane Park1 ac
- Peterpar Park1 ac
Who protects the land
3,052 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 32 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 118 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis38
- Baseball30
- Basketball16
- Soccer10
- Football5
- Pickleball4
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bridgewater and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | 14.8% | 39.6 mi | 12 |
| Bedminster | 26.8% | 18.3 mi | 3 |
| Branchburg | 20.1% | 5.5 mi | 6 |
| Bound Brook | 9% | 0.8 mi | 4 |
| Somerville | 7.2% | 0.8 mi | 5 |
| Manville | 17.5% | 0.7 mi | 10 |
| Middlesex | 0.9% | 0.7 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bridgewater'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 26.5-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.