Outdoors · High Bridge

High Bridge, NJ parks, trails & bike paths

About 35% of High Bridge is conserved land, roughly 546 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Voorhees State Park (0.5 mi).

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

At a glance

High Bridge outdoors

Conserved land
35%
546 of 1,548 acres
Trails
10 mi
4.3 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
153 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.1 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

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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

Voorhees State Park

Nature preserve
49 acres0.5 mi of trail
PinkTeal/Highlands Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Spruce Run Recreation Area

Nature preserve
24 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Union Forge Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Commons Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Columbia Trail Parking
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Scenic views in High Bridge
Scenic Overlook - Spruce Run ReservoirIn Voorhees State Park
Directions
Scenic Overlook - Spruce Run ReservoirIn Voorhees State Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 8.2 miUnpaved 2.0 mi
Showing 1–10 of 13 trails
  • Nassau Trail0.9 mi
  • Chips Trail0.6 mi
  • Commons to Cregar Ave Connector0.5 mi
  • Forge Ahead0.5 mi
  • Rocky Trail0.4 mi
  • Bear Country0.4 mi
  • Pink0.4 mi
  • Ridgeline Trail0.3 mi
  • Union Forge Greenway0.2 mi
  • La Primera0.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

546 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
504 ac
State natural resources
73 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
37 ac
State fish & wildlife
29 ac
County
5 ac
State Department of Land
1 ac
Not recorded
57 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 32 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 paths1.1 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
  • Commons Trails (bike route)0.5 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball4
  • Basketball3

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in High Bridge

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Conservation Area 200 acLocal Recreation Area 156 acLocal Park 124 acState Park 108 acLocal Other or Unknown 46 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Lake SolitudeLocal Recreation AreaTown or city127Open
Voorhees State ParkState ParkNot recorded108Open
High Bridge Hills Golf ClubLocal Recreation AreaTown or city94Restricted
Municipal ParkLocal ParkNot recorded91Open
Nassau Woods And TrailLocal ParkTown or city52Open
High Bridge Borough UnknownLocal Other or UnknownTown or city46Open
High Bridge Borough Conservation AreaLocal Conservation AreaTown or city44Open
Springside WoodlandsLocal Conservation AreaTown or city36Open
South Branch Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife29Open
Union Forge ParkLocal Recreation AreaTown or city19Open
History

Historic places to visit

Railroad RuinsRuins
Nearby

High Bridge and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
High Bridge35.2%10.4 mi4
Clinton33%32.4 mi8
Lebanon30.5%37.1 mi13
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about High Bridge'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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