1
Stokes State Forest
Nature preserve
1,141 acres8.6 mi of trail
Appalachian TrailAcropolis TrailBrink Road/Shelter Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Sunrise Mountain parking
Outdoors · Frankford
Frankford, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 27% of Frankford is conserved land, roughly 6,076 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Stokes State Forest (8.6 mi) and Sussex County Fairgrounds (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Frankford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Frankford outdoors
Conserved land
27%
6,076 of 22,459 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
1,142 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.5 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
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
Sussex County Fairgrounds
Park
125 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Bear Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife
1,516 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Papakating Creek Preserve
Managed by New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
175 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Who protects the land
6,076 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,755 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 17 of 129 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 lanes0.5 mi
- Sussex Branch Trail (bike route)2.3 mi
- Great Valley Trail (bike route)1.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Tennis4
- Equestrian4
- Soccer3
- Pickleball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Frankford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Frankford'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 27.8-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.