1
Bulk Farm Nature Center
Managed by Plainsboro Township Parks and Recreation
72 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Plainsboro
Plainsboro, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Plainsboro is conserved land, roughly 2,131 acres. There are about 8.6 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Plainsboro, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Plainsboro outdoors
Conserved land
28%
2,131 of 7,707 acres
Trails
8.6 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
88 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
23.6 mi
3.4 mi lanes · 20.3 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
Schalks Meadow Park
Park
18 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Managed by New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
57 acres
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Morris Davison Park
Park
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Who protects the land
2,131 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 660 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 lanes3.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths20.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis49
- Baseball22
- Basketball11
- Soccer4
- Beach volleyball3
- Football1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Plainsboro and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainsboro | 27.6% | 8.6 mi | 4 |
| West Windsor | 27.4% | 39.6 mi | 8 |
| East Windsor | 22.5% | 19.5 mi | 7 |
| South Brunswick | 18.9% | 25.6 mi | 16 |
| Cranbury | 32.5% | 2.4 mi | 4 |
| Princeton | 20% | 47.7 mi | 28 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Plainsboro'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.