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Elmer B Boyd Park
Park
32 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.7% of New Brunswick is conserved land, roughly 282 acres. There are about 8.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Elmer B Boyd Park (2.3 mi), Buccleuch Park (1.1 mi), and Voorhees Mall (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Brunswick, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Brunswick outdoors
Conserved land
7.7%
282 of 3,662 acres
Trails
8.5 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
5 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.3 mi
5.2 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Buccleuch Park
Park
79 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Voorhees Mall
Park
4 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Lot 14
4
Pittman Park
Park
6 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Recreation Park
Park
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Lot 95
6
Alice Jennings Archibald Park
Park
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
- Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Baker Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Joyce Kilmer Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Deiner Park3 ac · Directions
- Liberty Square Park1 ac · Directions
- Kossuth Park1 ac
Who protects the land
282 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes5.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis20
- Baseball15
- Basketball13
- Pickleball12
- Soccer8
- Volleyball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
New Brunswick and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick | 7.7% | 8.5 mi | 12 |
| Highland Park | 1% | 6.8 mi | 4 |
| Edison | 4.9% | 22.9 mi | 21 |
| Franklin | 25.9% | 58.2 mi | 18 |
| East Brunswick | 19.8% | 34.1 mi | 11 |
| Piscataway | 3% | 13.6 mi | 15 |
| North Brunswick | 10% | 8.9 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Brunswick'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.