Apshawa Preserve
Managed by Passaic County
582 acres7.3 mi of trail
Red TrailBlue TrailGreen TrailGreen Loop Trail+1
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in Macopin
Lakes, trails & woods in Macopin
About 48% of Macopin is conserved land, roughly 1,958 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Apshawa Preserve (7.3 mi).
Conserved land
48%
1,958 of 4,117 acres
Trails
16 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
902 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
6.3 mi
Lakes & rivers
14
What kind of outdoors town is Macopin?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Trails & water
16 named trails and 14 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 8.6 mi
Unmarked Trail2.0 mi
Red Trail1.8 mi
Skyline Preserve Trail (Yellow)1.6 mi
Blue Trail1.2 mi
Green Trail0.9 mi
Green Loop Trail0.8 mi
Hewitt-Butler Trail0.8 mi
Highlands Trail0.7 mi
Torne Trail0.5 mi
Yellow Trail0.5 mi
6 more trails
🥾
White Trail
0.4 mi🥾
Purple Trail
0.3 mi🥾
Orange Trail
0.2 mi🥾
Unmaintained Trail
0.2 mi🥾
Hewitt-Butler Connector Trail
0.1 mi🥾
Red/Green Trail
0.1 miLakes & rivers tap for directions
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Apshawa Preserve, with 7.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Newark (Pequannock) Watershed
Managed by City of Newark
26 acres0.2 mi of trail
Highlands Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
21 places to go in Macopin
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Playgrounds in Macopin
Waterfalls in Macopin
Scenic views in Macopin
6 more scenic views
Peaks in Macopin
Campgrounds in Macopin
Who protects it
1,958 conserved acres
Who manages Macopin’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land1,490 ac
State conservation1,071 ac
County506 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits188 ac
State natural resources165 ac
Town or city35 ac
Forest Stewardship Easement · 1,490 acConservation Easement · 1,085 acLocal Recreation Area · 516 acState Resource Management Area · 165 acPrivate Forest Stewardship · 99 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,077 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 11 of 22 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apshawa Park Local Recreation Area | County | 506 | Open |
| Norvin Green State Forest State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 165 | Open |
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation Forest Private Forest Stewardship | Land trusts & nonprofits | 99 | Open |
| Apshawa Preserve Private Other or Unknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 75 | Open |
| Echo Lake Recreational Facility Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 35 | Open |
Biking & sports
6.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
6.3 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
2Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 old cemetery
Next door
Macopin and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Macopin | 47.6% | 2 |
| West Milford | 56% | 9 |
| Kinnelon | 31.4% | 8 |
| Butler | 3.6% | 4 |
| Bloomingdale | 9.5% | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Macopin neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.