1
Grove Park
Nature preserve
33 acres1 mi of trail
White TrailWhite LoopRed Trail (closed for rehab)Red Spur
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ridgewood
Ridgewood, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.7% of Ridgewood is conserved land, roughly 285 acres. There are about 7.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Grove Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ridgewood, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ridgewood outdoors
Conserved land
7.7%
285 of 3,694 acres
Trails
7.5 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 0.5 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
Saddle River County Park - Wild Duck Pond
Park
24 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Saddle River County Park
Nature preserve
68 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Veterans Memorial Field
Park
13 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
- Twinney Pond Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Van Neste Square Memorial Park1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Irene Habernickel Family Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Graydon Pool5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- North Road Park3 ac
- Leuning Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
285 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 28 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball12
- Tennis12
- Soccer11
- Pickleball4
- Softball3
- Football3
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ridgewood and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood | 7.7% | 7.5 mi | 10 |
| Ho-Ho-Kus | 3.9% | 1.5 mi | 2 |
| Paramus | 10.1% | 18.1 mi | 20 |
| Glen Rock | 8.1% | 4.3 mi | 6 |
| Washington | 0.3% | 0.2 mi | 2 |
| Waldwick | 3.8% | 0.9 mi | 4 |
| Midland Park | 1.4% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ridgewood'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.