List of Rail Trails in New Jersey - Established Rail Trails

Established Rail Trails

• Atlantic County Bikeway - Former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Extends from The Shore Mall in Egg Harbor near Garden State Parkway exit 36 to the Atlantic County Institute of Technology in Hamilton Township.

• Beaver Lake Rail Trail - Former New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Hanford Branch

• Black River Trail - Former Central Railroad of New Jersey Hacklebarney Branch, accessed from Kay Environmental Center in Black River County Park (Morris County)

• Barnegat Branch Trail - Former Central Railroad of New Jersey Barnegat Branch.

• Columbia Trail - Former Central Railroad of New Jersey High Bridge Branch. Trail runs for approximately 15 miles (24 km) and follows South Branch of the Raritan River for most of its length.

• Capoolon Creek Trail - Former Lehigh Valley Railroad Pittstown Branch Directions to Parking

• D&R Canal Trail Along Delaware River - D&R Canal Trail along the Delaware River utilizes the former Belvidere Delaware Railroad (later owned by the United NJ Railroad & Canal Company) right-of-way along the canal's original tow path on the eastern bank of the canal, which was relocated to the river side (west bank) of the canal during the construction of the railroad. The portion of the D&R Canal (known as the feeder canal) from Milford, New Jersey to Trenton, New Jersey utilizes this former railroad right-of-way. The D&R Canal and associated trails have been a New Jersey State Park since 1974.

• Edgar Felix Bikeway - Former Farmingdale and Squan Village Railroad and Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad

• Henry Hudson Trail - Former Central Railroad of New Jersey Highlands Bridge Branch (Extension to Freehold on former Freehold Branch was completed in 2006)

• Landsdown Trail - Former Lehigh Valley Railroad Clinton Branch

• Middlesex Greenway - Former Lehigh Valley Railroad rail line between Metuchen, New Jersey and Woodbridge, New Jersey. Part of the planned East Coast Greenway trail.

• Ogden Mine Rail Trail - Former Ogden Mine Railroad trail, part of Mahlon Dickerson Reservation in Morris County

• Paulinskill Valley Trail - Former main line of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway to their former connection with the Lackawanna Railroad

• Patriots Path (Speedwell Lake to Woodland Road) - Former Rockaway Valley Railroad. Only portions of the Speedwell Lake to Woodland Road section of Patriots Path use the former rail bed.

• Pemberton Rail-Trail - Extends from Hanover Street in Pemberton, New Jersey to Birmingham Road in Juliustown, New Jersey in Burlington County, New Jersey.

• Rocky Hill Branch Trail - Former Rocky Hill Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Runs along the east bank of the Delaware and Raritan Canal from Route 27 in Kingston, New Jersey to Rocky Hill, New Jersey. Portions of the former rail right-of-way further east to Monmouth Junction might not be accessible.

• Sussex Branch Trail - Former Sussex Branch of Erie Lackawanna Railroad

• Taylor Steelworkers Historical Greenway - The Taylor Steelworkers Historical Greenway is a 6.25 mile trail that winds its way through High Bridge criss-crossing a number of historical sites and beautiful scenery.

• Traction Line Recreation Trail - Former Morris County Traction Company trolley line. A two mile (3 km) portion of the former trolley line along New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex line in Morris Township, New Jersey serves as a bike trail under the supervision of the Morris County Park System.

• West Essex Trail - Former Caldwell Branch of Erie Railroad, part of the Lenape Trail system in Essex County

• Wharton Rail-Trail - Runs along the former Mount Hope Mineral Railroad right-of-way in Wharton, NJ. This is a short rail trail (approximately one-half mile) that is paved and has two covered bridges.

• Wood Duck Nature Trail - Former Hanford Branch of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway

Wharton Rail-Trail