1
Essex County Environmental Center
Nature preserve
26 acres1.3 mi of trail
Lenape TrailRiver TrailLenape/Bird Lane TrailPatriots' PathBoardwalk Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Roseland
Roseland, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Roseland is conserved land, roughly 468 acres. There are about 5.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Essex County Environmental Center (1.3 mi), Becker Park (1 mi), and Walter Kidde Dinosaur Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Roseland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Roseland outdoors
Conserved land
20%
468 of 2,316 acres
Trails
5.5 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
75 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Becker Park
Nature preserve
151 acres1 mi of trail
Lenape TrailBecker Farm Blue Bird Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Walter Kidde Dinosaur Park
Nature preserve
16 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Bond-Force Memorial Park
Park
12 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- West Essex Park272 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Harrison Complex9 ac · Directions
- Riker Hill Art Park1 ac · Directions
- Tedesco Park1 ac
Who protects the land
468 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis8
- Soccer7
- Baseball5
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Roseland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland | 20.2% | 5.5 mi | 8 |
| Livingston | 22.5% | 4.9 mi | 8 |
| Essex Fells | 14% | 2.0 mi | 3 |
| East Hanover | 19.5% | 6.8 mi | 6 |
| West Caldwell | 18.7% | 8.9 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Roseland'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.