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Rail-Trail

Barnegat Branch Trail

Flat gravel path that traverses a section of New Jersey’s pine barrens.

Henry Hudson Trail – Marlboro to Matawan

Easy paved rail-trail that rolls along a tree-lined path between Marlboro and Matawan.

Paulinskill Valley Trail – Cedar Ridge to Viaduct

Follow a shady rail-trail along the Paulins Kill river from Cedar Ridge Road to the Paulinskill Viaduct.

Henry Hudson Trail and the Bayshore Trail

Paved trail with views of marshlands, suburban areas, Sandy Hook Bay, and the New York skyline.

Columbia Trail

Biking: Columbia Trail – Ken Lockwood Gorge – 2013

A 15 mile long rail trail that runs from High Bridge to Bartley, New Jersey, through scenic Ken Lockwood Gorge and some small towns.

Columbia Trail sign and bike

Biking: Columbia Trail – Ken Lockwood Gorge – 2012

The Columbia Trail is one of the best rail-trails in New Jersey for biking or hiking.

Canal north on the PA side

D&R Canal Biking: Washington Crossing to Trenton

D&R Canal towpath from Washington Crossing to Trenton, crossing the Calhoun Bridge, then north from Morrisville, PA.

Towpath heading back on the NJ side

D&R Canal Biking: Washington Crossing to Stockton

Easy hiking or biking along the quiet, pretty canal towpath on the Pennsylvania side through New Hope, crossing in Stockton returning on the New Jersey side.

View of Carnegie Lake from along the towpath

D&R Canal Biking: Rocky Hill South to Rt. 95

Biking the Delaware & Raritan Canal towpath from Rocky Hill south to Rt 95 and back.

D&R Canal Towpath.

Biking: D&R Canal – Rocky Hill North to Amwell Road

Biking the Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath north from Rocky Hill to Amwell Road.

D&R Canal Biking: Washington Crossing to Stockton – 2010

From Washington Crossing State Park, north through Lambertville to Prallsville Mill.

D&R Canal Biking: Rocky Hill to Weston Causeway

Biking the Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath north from Rocky Hill to Weston Causeway and back.

D&R Canal Towpath

Biking: D&R Canal – Rocky Hill South to Rt. 95

D&R Canal Towpath from Rocky Hill south to the Rt. 95 overpass.

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