2 Trails in Princeton Available for National Trails Day

Princeton, NJ -- National Trails Day is June 4, and Friends of Princeton Open Space is encouraging residents to take a hike on the system of trails it has created and maintained in the Greater Mountain Lakes Natural Area and along the Stony Brook in Princeton.

The American Hiking Society started National Trails Day to encourage individuals and organizations around Americans to celebrate their love of trails and the outdoors, and to encourage a true network of interconnected trails and trails organizations.

Parking is available in the Community Park North parking lot at the corner of Route 206 and Mountain Avenue. It is near the Friends of Princeton Open Space headquarters at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve.

Parking is also available at the Unitarian Church on Cherry Hill Road; the gravel parking area Friends of Princeton donated to the town about a mile north on Cherry Hill Road; or at Farmview Fields Park on the Great Road.

Parking and access to the Stony Brook Trail is near the athletic fields at Greenway Meadows Park or from Johnson Park School, both on Rosedale Road.

The Stony Brook Trail goes south to a beautiful footbridge spanning the Brook, conceived by Friends of Princeton Trustee emeritus Helmut Schwab; to the north, it connects to the old trolley line and thence to Elm Road.

The Greater Mountain Lakes trail system includes Tusculum fields, with a view of the historic house and barn, and the rocks, streams and intermittent waterfalls of John Witherspoon Woods

Trail maps for these areas, as well as a link to New Jersey Trails Association maps, can be found at www.FOPOS.org.

Hikers should wear good hiking/walking shoes they don’t mind getting muddy.

The attached image is a Patch file photo