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Towns with the most trails in New Jersey

Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 31 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Berkeley
New Jersey · Most trails

Where Berkeley lands: #6 of 31

1.3 mi / sq mi · Visit Berkeley →

Woodland Park 1 Woodland Park 3.4 mi / sq mi Trail miles 10.5 mi Map of Mendham 2 Mendham Morris County 2.3 mi / sq mi Trail miles 40.5 mi Andover 3 Andover Sussex County 1.8 mi / sq mi Trail miles 36.7 mi
#TownTrail miles per sq miTrail milesParks & preserves
1 Woodland Park Woodland Park13,355 people 3.4 mi / sq mi 10.5 mi 8
2 Map of Mendham MendhamMorris County · 6,018 people 2.3 mi / sq mi 40.5 mi 13
3 Andover AndoverSussex County · 5,801 people 1.8 mi / sq mi 36.7 mi 1
4 Emerson Emerson7,305 people 1.8 mi / sq mi 4.2 mi 3
5 Spring Lake Spring Lake2,779 people 1.7 mi / sq mi 2.9 mi 3
6 Berkeley BerkeleyOcean County · 44,634 people 1.3 mi / sq mi 70.3 mi 11
7 Franklin FranklinSomerset County · 68,907 people 1.3 mi / sq mi 58.2 mi 18
8 Stafford StaffordOcean County · 29,834 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 64.0 mi 13
9 Upper Freehold Upper FreeholdMonmouth County · 7,250 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 53.5 mi 2
10 Long Branch Long Branch32,530 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 6.6 mi 9
11 Little Silver Little Silver6,105 people 1.0 mi / sq mi 3.4 mi 4
12 Somers Point Somers Point10,515 people 1.0 mi / sq mi 5.3 mi 2
13 Clinton ClintonHunterdon County · 13,350 people 1.0 mi / sq mi 32.4 mi 8
14 Map of Point Pleasant Beach Point Pleasant Beach4,855 people 0.8 mi / sq mi 1.4 mi 1
15 Wildwood Crest Wildwood Crest3,077 people 0.8 mi / sq mi 1.2 mi 5
16 Map of Mantua MantuaGloucester County · 15,404 people 0.8 mi / sq mi 12.7 mi 2
17 Piscataway PiscatawayMiddlesex County · 61,297 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 13.6 mi 15
18 Haddon Heights Haddon Heights7,516 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 1.1 mi 1
19 Buena Vista Buena VistaAtlantic County · 7,103 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 28.6 mi 4
20 Bernardsville Bernardsville7,916 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 8.5 mi 1
21 Hillsdale Hillsdale10,144 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 1.8 mi 5
22 Holland HollandHunterdon County · 5,204 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 14.7 mi 4
23 Maurice River Maurice RiverCumberland County · 5,350 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 55.6 mi 10
24 Hamilton HamiltonMercer County · 92,506 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 22.3 mi 19
25 Independence IndependenceWarren County · 5,536 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 10.0 mi 1
26 Atlantic City38,632 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 7.6 mi 21
27 Washington WashingtonGloucester County · 49,220 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 6.1 mi 5
28 Cinnaminson CinnaminsonBurlington County · 17,415 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 2.2 mi 2
29 Pleasantville Pleasantville20,712 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.5 mi 2
30 Burlington BurlingtonBurlington County · 24,127 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 2.6 mi 0
31 Voorhees VoorheesCamden County · 31,191 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 2.0 mi 5

How this ranking works

We rank every town by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. Paths, bridleways, woods roads and footways in parks count; sidewalks don't. Towns need at least a mile of trail to be ranked. Trails come from OpenStreetMap, so a well-mapped town can edge out an equally trail-rich one that's mapped less thoroughly. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US. Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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