1
McVickers Brook Preserve
Managed by Mendham Borough, Schiff Natural Lands Trust
94 acres1.8 mi of trail
Franklin Parker Trail (white/black)unblazedorange
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Mendham
Mendham, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Mendham is conserved land, roughly 381 acres. There are about 5.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in McVickers Brook Preserve (1.8 mi) and Schiff Nature Preserve (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mendham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mendham outdoors
Conserved land
10%
381 of 3,802 acres
Trails
5.9 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
77 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 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
Schiff Nature Preserve
Managed by Schiff Natural Lands Trust
41 acres0.7 mi of trail
Franklin Parker Trail (white/black)orange
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
India Brook Natural Area
Managed by Mendham Township
26 acres0.3 mi of trail
Patriots' Path Connector Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
381 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 102 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis7
- Baseball4
- Soccer3
- Tracks3
- Basketball1
- Football1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Mendham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendham | 10% | 5.9 mi | 3 |
| Mendham | 27.4% | 40.5 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mendham'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.