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Bernadette Morales Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
53 acres1.8 mi of trail
Main TrailDogwood TrailEagle TrailOuter LoopMeditation Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Raritan
Raritan, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Raritan is conserved land, roughly 3,646 acres. There are about 8.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bernadette Morales Nature Preserve (1.8 mi), Uplands Reserve (1.4 mi), and Lenape Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Raritan, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Raritan outdoors
Conserved land
15%
3,646 of 23,958 acres
Trails
8.9 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
150 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.0 mi
4.8 mi lanes · 0.2 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
Uplands Reserve
Managed by Hunterdon County
100 acres1.4 mi of trail
Uplands TrailMeditation Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Lenape Park
Park
51 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Dvoor Farm
Managed by Hunterdon Land Trust
40 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Mine Brook Park
Managed by Raritan Township
14 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Blackwell Park
Managed by Raritan Township Parks and Recreation Department
26 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- Clover Hill Park115 ac · Directions
- Tuccamirgan Park2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,646 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,614 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 42 of 121 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis31
- Baseball29
- Soccer22
- Basketball11
- Pickleball6
- Beach volleyball3
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Raritan and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raritan | 15.2% | 8.9 mi | 8 |
| Readington | 25.8% | 32.7 mi | 11 |
| Delaware | 33.8% | 10.8 mi | 7 |
| East Amwell | 42.1% | 21.7 mi | 6 |
| Clinton | 33% | 32.4 mi | 8 |
| Franklin | 23.1% | 5.2 mi | 3 |
| Hillsborough | 31.4% | 44.7 mi | 24 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Raritan'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 28.3-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.