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Bee Meadow Park
Park
74 acres2 mi of trail
Patriots' Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hanover
Hanover, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Hanover is conserved land, roughly 877 acres. There are about 6.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bee Meadow Park (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hanover, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hanover outdoors
Conserved land
13%
877 of 6,836 acres
Trails
6.3 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
59 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.5 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
Black Brook Park
Park
17 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Black Meadows Preserve
Nature preserve
534 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hanover Central Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
- Malapardis Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Veterans Memorial Park7 ac · Directions
- Stoney Brook Park2 ac
- Troy Meadows1 ac
- Community Park1 ac · Directions
- Monroe Recreation Area1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
877 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 31 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 paths0.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- 9/11 National Memorial Trail (New Jersey thru route) (bike route)3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Soccer14
- Baseball11
- Football3
- Beach volleyball2
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Hanover and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover | 12.8% | 6.3 mi | 10 |
| East Hanover | 19.5% | 6.8 mi | 6 |
| Morris | 12.8% | 23.6 mi | 15 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | 23.2% | 42.8 mi | 26 |
| Morris Plains | 8.2% | 1.6 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hanover'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.