Edgar Felix Bikeway - Trail Heads

Trail Heads

There are many access points along the Edgar Felix bikeway, but there are three terminating trailheads.

Allaire State Park

This is the Edgar Felix's western trail head, and contains the restored Allaire bog iron village and the Pine Creek Railroad. Bicycles are required to be walked within the state park, as specified on signage. Note that the Allaire mountain biking trails are not located here; the mountain biking trails can be accessed from the Edgar Felix Bikeway where it crosses Hospital Road about a mile from the park.

Route 18 Bikeway Spur

This is the trail's northern trail head, and is the latest addition to the Edgar Felix Trail. Completed in 2005, the Route 18 spur extends about 1.75 miles (2.82 km) from the Edgar Felix Trail to the Wall Township municipal recreational complex along the abandoned Route 18 right-of-way . The municipal complex and adjacent soccer fields provide ample parking, as well as another mile or so of paved multi-use trail within the complex.

Unlike the original section of the Edgar Felix trail the Route 18 spur is not a former rail bed but rather an undeveloped limited access highway right-of-way, because of this the trail is subject to rapid changes in itsgrade and pathway.

The route 18 spur is unique in that it has electronic crosswalk warning signals at most of its road crossings, these crossing lights augment the standard Zebra crossing and signage found on typical trail crossings. Unlike a HAWK beacon, these lights are only amber caution flashers that do not require a motorist to stop.

Manasquan (North Main Street)

This is the eastern trail head for the Edgar Felix Trail and the site of the original 2 miles (3.2 km) of the trail built in 1971. This is also the beginning of the open road section of the Capital to Coast Trail, a future state wide trail that will link Trenton, NJ on the Delaware River with Manasquan, NJ on the Atlantic Ocean. Free Parking is available across the street from the trail head in a municipal lot.

Intermediate Access Points

Additional access points to the Edgar Felix bikeway include;

• A parking area along Atlantic Avenue just west of the Spring Meadow golf course.
• A parking area at the trail's crossing on Hospital road.
• A parking area at the Allenwood pavilion & General store where the trail crosses allenwood-Lakewood road.

• A parking area at Orchard Park on Brielle Ave where the trail enters the park.
• A parking area on Bailey's Corner road just south of Ocean Ave.
• A parking area east of the Wall township municipal complex where the trail crosses Alliare road.