Hiking trails near New Brunswick, New Jersey

353 official trails lie within 25 miles of New Brunswick — 843 miles in total, 324 rated easy and 4 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 609 ft; the median trail gains 66 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Cushetunk Trail	8.3	609 ft	Hard	23 mi
Lenape	7.8	426 ft	Hard	23 mi
Unknown	6.6	354 ft	Hard	21 mi
Buttermilk Falls	5.7	427 ft	Hard	24 mi
Blue Spur	4.8	567 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Mercer County Park Bike Path	14.9	55 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Yellow Trail	3.4	269 ft	Moderate	9 mi
Liberty - Water Gap	4.8	431 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Saint Michael's Preserve Trails	6.3	150 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Red Trail	3.6	238 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Grand Loop Trail	3.2	278 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Herrontown Woods	3.5	130 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Hackensack Riverwalk	26.6	49 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Main Trail	3.3	202 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Pryde's Point and Alexauken Creek Wildlife Management Area	3.4	179 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Stephen R Gregg Park Trails and Walkways	6.1	50 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Hopewell Connector Trail	3.6	281 ft	Moderate	18 mi
New Jersey Brigade Trail	2.2	264 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Walking Path	4.8	68 ft	Moderate	21 mi
West Hudson Park Trails and Walkways	4.0	100 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Patriots Path Mainstem	2.9	267 ft	Moderate	24 mi
West Ridge Trail	2.6	380 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Curlis Lake Woods	5.3	49 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Campground Access Trail	3.5	180 ft	Moderate	21 mi

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