Outdoors · Clark

Clark, NJ parks, trails & bike paths

About 22% of Clark is conserved land, roughly 630 acres. There are about 4.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rahway River Park (1.4 mi) and Oak Ridge Park (0.9 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Clark, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Clark outdoors

Conserved land
22%
630 of 2,833 acres
Trails
4.7 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
40 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 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

123
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.
1

Rahway River Park

Park
188 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Oak Ridge Park

Park
112 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Milton Lake Park

Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

630 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
444 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
134 ac
State conservation
134 ac
Town or city
23 ac
Not recorded
190 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 23 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 30 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball11
  • Tennis8
  • Soccer6
  • Basketball5
  • Pickleball4
  • Football1
  • Multi-sport1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Clark and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Clark22.2%4.7 mi3
Scotch Plains21.3%15.2 mi8
Rahway8.9%1.3 mi9
Cranford14.4%7.2 mi12
Linden3%4.2 mi11
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Clark'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 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.

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