The Patriots' Path covers roughly 74.4 miles of terrain (including all of the many trail spurs) and is open to mountain biking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and hiking. The multi-use trails link parks, open spaces, recreational facilities, historic sites, and other points of interest along the way.
About the trail
The Patriots’ Path trail is a mix of surfaces, a small section is paved (near Speedwell Lake) but most are dirt, gravel, or crushed stone. Much of the trail follows the corridors of the Whippany and Black Rivers and the South Branch of the Raritan, the latter two creating some of the most pristine trout production streams in New Jersey.
Connections
Patriots' Path connects with the Lenape Trail in Essex County.
The trail also connects to the Randolph Trails.
The Patriots’ Path Trail runs between Stephen’s State Park Pavillion (Hackettstown) and Eagle Rock Ave. (Roseland).
Parking is available at:
Please see TrailLink Map for all parking options and detailed directions.
Overgrown and hard to follow We gave up even with mountain bikes when starting from Palmer Park. We are going to try another trail nearby
Really poor signage and trail markings
Trail was somewhat neglected, terrain good to hike with boots only, thick terrain.
Our fam of 4 decided to tackle this trail on July 4th while listening to the Hamilton soundtrack (even after reading all the treacherous reviews) on the eastern end... since it seemed the western end was out of sorts.
NJ should be ashamed of themselves; not only is the state not pedestrian friendly (finding a sidewalk is nearly impossible), let alone car friendly (you can never get off a highway that connects correctly to another), but this trail was not even biker friendly. We were lead down dead end streets; biking on state highways, unmarked paths that led into enclosed communities, NO signage anywhere, overgrown sidewalks that pushed you to bike out into the streets and just sheer frustration.
We double checked against your trail map with Google satellite mapping and neither failed; the Path failed. When NJ puts some effort into this trail, only then should it be recognized as so.
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