1
Garret Mountain Reservation
Nature preserve
109 acres2.6 mi of trail
Yellow TrailWhite TrailMorris Canal Greenway5k Course Finish
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Paterson
Paterson, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.2% of Paterson is conserved land, roughly 289 acres. There are about 4.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Garret Mountain Reservation (2.6 mi) and Pennington Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Paterson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Paterson outdoors
Conserved land
5.2%
289 of 5,543 acres
Trails
4.6 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
2 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.3 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 0.1 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
Pennington Park
Park
18 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Upper Raceway Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Mary Ellen Kramer Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
Garret Mountain Reservation109 acres · 2.6 mi of trail
Pennington Park18 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Upper Raceway Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Mary Ellen Kramer Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Eastside Park63 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Veterans Memorial Park at Hayden Heights4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Overlook Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
West Side Park28 acres
Roberto Clemente Park12 acres
River Street Park4 acres
Who protects the land
289 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball17
- Baseball13
- Tennis8
- Soccer3
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Paterson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paterson | 5.2% | 4.6 mi | 15 |
| Fair Lawn | 7.1% | 6.9 mi | 13 |
| Elmwood Park | 4% | 0.3 mi | 3 |
| Hawthorne | 5.2% | 3.7 mi | 3 |
| Woodland Park | 10.9% | 10.5 mi | 8 |
| Clifton | 3.3% | 6.9 mi | 37 |
| Totowa | 1.3% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Paterson'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.