The next Hike Chester Hike will be on the Patriots' Path in Chester and Long Valley on Sunday November 17, 2013. The hike leaders will be Teun Ott, Brian Coan, and Bruce Clark, all avid local hikers. We will meet at 9:30am at the endpoint of the hike, the parking area of the Cooper Mill in Chester, NJ. Directions to Cooper [...]
Oct. 19, 2013 9:30am – NoonMeet at 50 North Rd., Boro Office Parking lotChester Recreation, the Chester Historical Society, and Chester Trails invites you to a fun ramble through town. This hike will take us over Seward’s Hill where if the weather is clear we can see the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. [...]
Hawk watch 2012: Using the concrete pad and old steel stanchion as 12 o'clock, look out around 10 o'clock to see 1 World Trade Center. HIKE CHESTER – Continuing in the series of FREE guided walks for the purpose of getting to know Chester, we are featuring a Hawk ID class offered through [...]
Fifteen hearty souls took a rainy-day hike Saturday, July 13th, 2013 from the Luce property to Kay Environmental Center. The rain cooled off the summer heat, but made the trail slippery. Former Chester Township Mayor Ben Spinelli led the hikers through lovely woods to the impressive rapids in the Black River Gorge. Lovely wildflowers highlighted parts of [...]
Free Guided Family Hike this Saturday! Join former mayor Ben Spinelli as he leads us on a spectacular hike from the Luce property to Kay environmental center. This hike will feature a walk on unmarked trails to a hidden ravine. This park is one of the most spectacular in town, yet very few people know [...]
Please note that the guided hike planned for June 22nd at Evans Family Preserve has been postponed. Of course, you are always welcome to explore our parks on your own! Be sure to download a trail map from this website. We'll reschedule soon.... Sorry for any inconvenience!
On Saturday, June 15th, a small group of dedicated birders met at 6:30 a.m. to walk along the West Morris Greenway trail in Chester to look and listen for birds. This area is known to be inhabited by around 70 species of breeding birds. Chester birder Bill Gause led the group on a leisurely two-hour [...]
Join Chester birder Bill Gause on a leisurely early-morning walk to listen and look for spring migratory birds. The section of the West Morris Greenway along the Black River in Chester is one of the best habitats for hearing and seeing spring migrants such as warblers. We'll be meeting at 6:30 a.m. at the terminus [...]
Chester Township Environmental Commission in partnership with AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador Program will create a new trail for Chester Township during the month of June and July. We plan to build a new trail to connect the significant open space, environmental, cultural and historic features in Chester. The trail creation we are proposing would connect [...]
To kick of the hiking season, local residents Teun Ott and Brian Coan will lead a hike on Patriots' Path in Chester and Long Valley on Saturday April 20, 2013. We will meet at 9:30 at the endpoint of the hike, the Patriots' Path trailhead next to the Lamplighter Restaurant on old Rte 24 in Chester (now CR [...]
