The section of Patriots’ Path from Furnace Rd. to Tanners Brook Rd. has special historical significance for us locally. Running through the site are the remains of the Chester Furnace which played a major role in New Jersey’s iron mining industry in the late 19th century – the trail also offers a scenic view of [...]
The Trail begins at the Cooper Lane parking lot gate and descends on the gravel road. At 1.1 miles it reaches a pond on the left and the Red Trail junction on right, then is co-blazed with the Red Trail until a T-junction with another gravel road, crossing an outlet to a brook. The Purple [...]
his is a loop trail that is quite overgrown in its eastern section but completely passable by early winter. The Red Trail crosses the Purple Trail entrance road at the entrance gate; turning left, it descends on the broad AT&T corridor and then turns right in 0.1 mile (this section may be impassable during growth [...]
The Green Trail is a U loop with both ends on the Purple Trail; as of this writing, neither trail junction is blazed from the Purple Trail. Starting from the parking area gate, the first junction with the Green loop starts in 200 feet at the far edge of a small field to the right. [...]
A lovely trail through streams and forest and old ruins, it is quite overgrown for approximately 0.5 mile west of the old stone ruins and ATT corridor, but is very passable by early winter. There are two potentially difficult stream crossings in high water conditions. The Blue Trail begins 0.2 miles along the Purple [...]
From the parking area, a wide path crosses a meadow through a cut in the trees. Reaching the edge of a large clearing at 0.3 mile, the White Trail ahead is a winding path through the forest, looping back around to the meadow path at 1 mile (although there are several points at which [...]
At the center of the park is the Chester Community Garden, the entrance to which is off North Road less than ½ mile from the junction with South Road. At the downhill edge is a woods road; a left turn here leads to a junction, in 0.1 mile with the Green Trail that leads in [...]
The trail begins 300 feet from the junction of the Green Trail from park entrance road and follows woods roads. The trail ascends on a gravel road for 0.2 mile and turns left on another gravel road (straight ahead is a dead end) , descends until another left at 0.3 mile (ahead is a [...]
Starting 0.6 mile from the start of the red-blazed Riverside Trail near the parking lot, the Wintershine Trail descends gradually towards the Black River on a beautiful dirt path. It crosses unmarked trails at 0.25 mile and then becomes rocky, crossing the Trout Brook on a wooden bridge. It reaches a small picnic area just [...]
The Windy Ridge Trail begins at the end of the green-blazed Playground Trail, 0.5 mile from the park entrance road. The trail follows the paved white-blazed Main Trail for 0.1 mile, then turns right onto a dirt path and ascends briefly, then descends gradually, passes a bench with a nonworking water fountain, and at 0.4 [...]
