1
Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Nature preserve
4,618 acres49.8 mi of trail
Jennings Hollow TrailSafari 1Green Turtle LoopWarthogHighlands Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · West Milford
West Milford, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 56% of West Milford is conserved land, roughly 28,936 acres. There are about 234 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Long Pond Ironworks State Park (49.8 mi), Newark (Pequannock) Watershed (11.5 mi), and Apshawa Preserve (7.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in West Milford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
West Milford outdoors
Conserved land
56%
28,936 of 51,639 acres
Trails
234 mi
2.9 mi per sq mi · 185 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
1,171 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
21.8 mi
1.2 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
Newark (Pequannock) Watershed
Managed by City of Newark
1,586 acres11.5 mi of trail
Highlands TrailEcho Lake East/Highlands TrailEcho Lake East Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Apshawa Preserve
Managed by Passaic County
576 acres7.3 mi of trail
Red TrailBlue TrailGreen TrailGreen Loop TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Tranquility Ridge Park
Managed by Passaic County
776 acres5.1 mi of trail
Beech RidgeHasenclever Iron TrailPatterson MineBeech Road/Hasenclever Iron TrailSterling Ridge/Highlands Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Pequannock Watershed Preserve
Nature preserve
178 acres0.9 mi of trail
Unmarked Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
- Emerald Forest Property217 ac
- Apple Acres102 ac
- Random Woods97 ac
- Ponderosa II17 ac
Who protects the land
28,936 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 12,553 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 42 of 140 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes20.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis5
- Baseball3
- Basketball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
West Milford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about West Milford'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 39.9-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.