1
Watchung Reservation
Park
219 acres3.1 mi of trail
Sierra TrailPurple TrailPurple / White Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Summit
Summit, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Summit is conserved land, roughly 455 acres. There are about 7.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Watchung Reservation (3.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Summit, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Summit outdoors
Conserved land
12%
455 of 3,847 acres
Trails
7.3 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
20 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
Tatlock Sports Complex
Park
18 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hidden Valley Park
Nature preserve
15 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Briant Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 7 parks & preserves
- Village Green Recreational Area3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Village Green Memorial Day Statue2 ac · Directions
- Village Green Public Art2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
455 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
- Tennis38
- Baseball14
- Soccer8
- Basketball5
- Pickleball2
- Softball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Summit and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | 11.8% | 7.3 mi | 7 |
| Chatham | 16.1% | 1.7 mi | 1 |
| Mountainside | 37.9% | 15.6 mi | 2 |
| Millburn | 27.6% | 33.6 mi | 3 |
| New Providence | 11.7% | 3.0 mi | 6 |
| Springfield | 15.7% | 6.8 mi | 10 |
| Chatham | 43% | 13.0 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Summit'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.