1
Hartshorne Woods Park
Nature preserve
904 acres15.4 mi of trail
Grand Tour TrailLaurel RidgeRocky Point TrailCandlestick TrailCuesta Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Middletown
Middletown, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Middletown is conserved land, roughly 5,921 acres. There are about 55 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hartshorne Woods Park (15.4 mi), Huber Woods County Park (8.9 mi), and Tatum Park (7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middletown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middletown outdoors
Conserved land
16%
5,921 of 37,371 acres
Trails
55 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 51 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
28
89 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
15.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 15.9 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
Huber Woods County Park
Managed by Monmouth County Park System
388 acres8.9 mi of trail
Valley ViewMany Log RunFarm PathCountry GaitFox Hollow
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Tatum Park
Managed by Monmouth County Park System
371 acres7 mi of trail
Meadow RunTatum RambleIndian SpringsDogwood HollowHolly Grove
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Tatum Park Holland Road Activity Center Parking
4
Thompson Park
Park
316 acres5.9 mi of trail
Thompson/Inner LoopReservoir TrailReservoir LoopThompson LoopWanderer Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Thompson Park Parking
5
Poricy Park
Park
37 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Deep Cut Gardens
Park
54 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Tindall Park
Park
57 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Bayshore Waterfront Park
Managed by Monmouth County Park System
47 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 28 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 28 parks & preserves
Hartshorne Woods Park904 acres · 15.4 mi of trail
Huber Woods County Park388 acres · 8.9 mi of trail · Monmouth County Park System
Tatum Park371 acres · 7 mi of trail · Monmouth County Park System
Thompson Park316 acres · 5.9 mi of trail
Poricy Park37 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Deep Cut Gardens54 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Tindall Park57 acres · 1 mi of trail
Bayshore Waterfront Park47 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Monmouth County Park System
Croydon Hall Park36 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Normandy Park11 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
5,921 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 273 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 130 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 paths15.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis61
- Baseball37
- Basketball29
- Soccer28
- Football8
- Tracks7
- Pickleball5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Middletown and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown | 15.8% | 55.3 mi | 28 |
| Atlantic Highlands | 2% | 0.5 mi | 1 |
| Tinton Falls | 4.4% | 3.4 mi | 3 |
| Colts Neck | 13.5% | 22.7 mi | 1 |
| Red Bank | 3.5% | 0.5 mi | 5 |
| Holmdel | 17.8% | 33.9 mi | 9 |
| Keansburg | 0.4% | 1.1 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middletown'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 33.7-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.