Lewis Morris County Park
Managed by Morris County
187 acres2 mi of trail
Patriots' PathPurple SingletrackOut & Back Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in Brookside
5.0 miles of trails in Brookside
About 16% of Brookside is conserved land, roughly 238 acres. There are about 5.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lewis Morris County Park (2 mi) and Dismal Harmony Natural Area (1.4 mi).
Conserved land
16%
238 of 1,538 acres
Trails
5.0 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
162 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
0.0 mi
What kind of outdoors town is Brookside?
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Lewis Morris County Park, with 2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Dismal Harmony Natural Area
Nature preserve
104 acres1.4 mi of trail
Patriots' PathYellow Trail / Patriots' PathYellow TrailPink Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Trails & water
6 named trails
Named trails
Open to bikes · 3.0 miHorses · 2.2 miUnpaved · 3.5 mi
Patriots' Path3.3 mi
Purple Singletrack0.4 mi
Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path0.3 mi
Yellow Trail0.3 mi
Pink Trail0.2 mi
Out & Back Trail0.1 mi
Who protects it
238 conserved acres
Who manages Brookside’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city146 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits40 ac
County40 ac
Not recorded68 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 96 acLocal Conservation Area · 62 acPrivate Conservation · 40 acPrivate Recreation or Education · 40 acLocal Park · 40 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 13 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dismal Harmony Natural Area Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 81 | Open |
| Brookside Community Club Private Conservation | Not recorded | 80 | Open |
| Cold Brook Natural Area Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 46 | Open |
| Lewis Morris Park Local Park | County | 35 | Open |
| Lewis Morris County Park Local Park | County | 21 | Open |
| Patriots Path Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Pitney Farm Unknown | Not recorded | 12 | Unknown |
| Brookside Beach Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 4 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
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9/11 National Memorial Trail (New Jersey thru route)Bike route
2.2 miCourts & fields
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 historic sites to visit
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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 20-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.