1
Roosevelt Park
Managed by Middlesex County, NJ, USA
158 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Edison
Edison, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.9% of Edison is conserved land, roughly 958 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Roosevelt Park (1.4 mi), Rutgers Ecological Preserve (1.3 mi), and Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Edison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Edison outdoors
Conserved land
4.9%
958 of 19,536 acres
Trails
23 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.9 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
Rutgers Ecological Preserve
Nature preserve
25 acres1.3 mi of trail
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Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Lot 111
3
Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve
Nature preserve
421 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Thomas A. Edison County Park
Park
170 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Edison State Park
Park
30 acres0.7 mi of trail
Menlo Park Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
North Edison Baseball and Softball Park
Park
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Swales Park
Park
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 21 parks & preserves
- Oak Tree Pond Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Oak Ridge Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- North Edison Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Schenkmeyer Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Old Post Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Oak Tree Park32 ac · Directions
- Durand Cormaci Park6 ac
- Dudash Park6 ac · Directions
- Yelencsics Park5 ac · Directions
- Ellmyer Park4 ac
- Edison Woods Park2 ac
- Stephen J. Capestro Park2 ac
- Nevsky Park1 ac
- Beatrice Parkway Park1 ac
Who protects the land
958 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 72 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 paths5.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis93
- Baseball56
- Basketball29
- Soccer21
- Football6
- Pickleball6
- Softball5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Edison and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison | 4.9% | 22.9 mi | 21 |
| New Brunswick | 7.7% | 8.5 mi | 12 |
| Highland Park | 1% | 6.8 mi | 4 |
| Sayreville | 6.9% | 22.0 mi | 14 |
| Woodbridge | 4.5% | 10.9 mi | 19 |
| Piscataway | 3% | 13.6 mi | 15 |
| South Plainfield | 4.1% | 1.2 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Edison'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 25-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.