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Sichel Park
Park
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Union
Union, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Union is conserved land, roughly 597 acres. There are about 3.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Union, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Union outdoors
Conserved land
10%
597 of 5,780 acres
Trails
3.5 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.6 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
Lightning Brook Park
Park
41 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Elizabeth River Park
Park
38 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Biertempful Park
Park
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Sichel Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Eleanor Erickson Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Lightning Brook Park41 acres
Elizabeth River Park38 acres
Biertempful Park19 acres
Rabkin Park8 acres
Weber Park6 acres
Joe Collins Park4 acres
Friberger Park3 acres
Irene Hoppe Park3 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Union
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Esther Egbert Park
Unnamed playground in Irene Hoppe Park
Unnamed playground in Sichel Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Joe Collins Park
Unnamed playground in Lightning Brook Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
597 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 paths0.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis8
- Baseball7
- Basketball6
- Soccer6
- Football3
- Softball2
- Tracks2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Union
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 316 acLocal Other or Unknown 197 acLocal Conservation Area 150 acLocal Recreation Area 33 acLocal Resource Management Area 6 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahway River ParkwayLocal Other or Unknown | County | 127 | Open |
| Elizabeth River ParkLocal Park | County | 114 | Open |
| Galloping Hills ParkLocal Other or Unknown | County | 80 | Open |
| Union CoLocal Park | County | 65 | Open |
| Lenape ParkLocal Park | County | 57 | Open |
| Kennedy ReservationLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 41 | Open |
| Joe Collins Park ReservationLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 41 | Open |
| Biertuempfel ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Kawameeh ParkLocal Other or Unknown | County | 23 | Open |
| Galloping Hill ReservationLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 20 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
B'nai Abraham Memorial ParkCemetery
Hollywood CemeteryCemetery
Hollywood Memorial ParkCemetery
Nearby
Union and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | 10.3% | 3.5 mi | 13 |
| Hillside | 8.8% | 0.4 mi | 2 |
| Springfield | 15.7% | 6.8 mi | 10 |
| Kenilworth | 19.7% | 6.7 mi | 3 |
| Millburn | 27.6% | 33.6 mi | 3 |
| Elizabeth | 2.2% | 3.1 mi | 19 |
| Maplewood | 21.9% | 17.1 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Union'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.