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Memorial Park
Park
107 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Madison
Madison, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.2% of Madison is conserved land, roughly 252 acres. There are about 6.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Memorial Park (2.4 mi) and Summerhill Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Madison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Madison outdoors
Conserved land
9.2%
252 of 2,751 acres
Trails
6.0 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
15.4 mi
13.6 mi lanes · 1.8 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
Summerhill Park
Park
25 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Zuck Arboretum
Park
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Loantaka Brook Reservation
Nature preserve
24 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Memorial Park107 acres · 2.4 mi of trail
Summerhill Park25 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Zuck Arboretum12 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
James Park5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Belleau Woods Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Delbarton Field2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Loantaka Brook Reservation24 acres
Niles Park4 acres
Cole Park2 acres
Madison Park2 acres
Who protects the land
252 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes13.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball14
- Tennis14
- Soccer12
- Lacrosse8
- Tracks6
- Softball5
- Basketball4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Madison and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison | 9.2% | 6.0 mi | 13 |
| Florham Park | 10.5% | 1.8 mi | 7 |
| Chatham | 43% | 13.0 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Madison'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.