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Outdoors in Lebanon Township

Lebanon Township has 4,579 acres of parks, 735 for every 1,000 residents

31% of Lebanon Township’s land is conserved, about 6,148 acres. 37 miles of mapped trail cross Lebanon Township, 1.2 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation (7 mi), Voorhees State Park (6.4 mi), Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve (5.9 mi).

Ahead of 97% of U.S. towns · #64 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it

Conserved land
31%
6,148 acres · of 31.4 sq mi of land
Trails
37 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
4,579 ac
735 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
84%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.9 mi
2.9 mi paths
Highest peak
948 ft
Mount Kipp
Lakes & rivers
4

What kind of outdoors town is Lebanon Township?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam735 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild31% of the land is conserved; a typical New Jersey town, 11%.A trail town1.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 84% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Lebanon Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lebanon Township is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns, #64 of 468 in New Jersey. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lebanon Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land31% of the land · typical NJ town 11% · U.S. 4%ATrails1.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (37 mi) · NJ 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land735 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4,579 acres) · NJ 25 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to home84% of residents within a half mile of a park · NJ 98% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 97%
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New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 87%

New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Lebanon Township’s 31% is ahead of 85% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 72% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A to A+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation, with 7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation

Managed by Hunterdon County
501 acres7 mi of trail
Orange TrailBlue TrailWhite TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Voorhees State Park

Nature preserve
569 acres6.4 mi of trail
Highlands TrailVista Trail (pink)RedTeal/Pink/Highlands Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve

Managed by Hunterdon County
302 acres5.9 mi of trail
UnmarkedRed TrailOld Orchard TrailBlue+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Crystal Springs Preserve

Nature preserve
231 acres4.2 mi of trail
WhiteOrange
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

North Section of Point Mountain Reservation

Managed by Hunterdon County
214 acres4 mi of trail
White TrailBlue TrailOrangeRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Miquin Woods Preserve

Nature preserve
300 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

South Section of Point Mountain Reservation

Managed by Hunterdon County
398 acres2.4 mi of trail
White TrailRed TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Ken Lockwood Gorge

Nature preserve
522 acres1.4 mi of trail
Highlands Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation501 acres · 7 mi of trail · Hunterdon County
Directions
Voorhees State Park569 acres · 6.4 mi of trail
Directions
Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve302 acres · 5.9 mi of trail · Hunterdon County
Directions
Crystal Springs Preserve231 acres · 4.2 mi of trail
Directions
North Section of Point Mountain Reservation214 acres · 4 mi of trail · Hunterdon County
Directions
Miquin Woods Preserve300 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
Directions
South Section of Point Mountain Reservation398 acres · 2.4 mi of trail · Hunterdon County
Directions
Ken Lockwood Gorge522 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Directions
Hagedorn Preserve523 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Isenburger Preserve33 acres · New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
Spruce Run Recreation Area30 acres
Directions
Teetertown Preserve4 acres · Hunterdon County
Union Furnace Preserve1 acres · Hunterdon County
Directions
Who protects it

6,148 conserved acres

31% of Lebanon Township’s land. Who manages Lebanon Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County2,555 ac
Other state land2,100 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits748 ac
State fish & wildlife634 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government621 ac
State natural resources591 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)383 ac
Agricultural Easement · 3,088 acLocal Conservation Area · 1,907 acState Conservation Area · 1,253 acState Park · 1,141 acPrivate Recreation or Education · 542 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,613 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 21 of 151 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Voorhees State Park
State Park
Not recorded1,141Open
Point Mountain
Local Conservation Area
County710Open
Hagedorn Preserve
State Conservation Area
Other state land582Open
Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve
Local Conservation Area
County571Open
Camp Bernie
Private Recreation or Education
Land trusts & nonprofits542Closed
Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife522Open
Musconetcong River Reserve
Local Conservation Area
County399Open
Miquin Woods
Local Resource Management Area
County300Open
unknown
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded192Open
Lebanon Township Conservation Area
Local Conservation Area
Town or city123Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

16 places to go in Lebanon Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Lebanon Township
Mount Kipp948 ft elevation · In Hagedorn Preserve
Directions
Point Mountain919 ft elevation · In Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation
Directions

Plus 3 peaks without a name on the map.

Trails & water

15 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 5.9 miHorses · 4.0 miUnpaved · 10.0 mi
White Trail3.8 mi
Highlands Trail2.7 mi
Blue Trail2.4 mi
Unmarked2.2 mi
Orange Trail2.2 mi
Red Trail2.0 mi
White1.5 mi
Old Orchard Trail0.7 mi
Orange0.7 mi
Blue0.5 mi
5 more trails
Vista Trail (pink)
0.5 mi
Yellow Trail
0.4 mi
Teal/Pink/Highlands Trail
0.3 mi
Red
0.1 mi
Musconetcong River Trail
0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
private lakeprivate lake 2Musconetcong RiverSouth Branch Raritan River
Biking & sports

2.9 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

2.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Baseball
5Tennis
4Basketball
2Football
2Beach volleyball
1Soccer
1Lacrosse

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss BridgeStructure · listed 1977
About it
New Hampton Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1998
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Lebanon Township: April to September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.114.813.812.411.09.89.3
High (°F)364048617078838175635241
Rain (in)3.72.94.14.04.24.74.94.84.64.53.54.4

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Lebanon Township →

Next door

Lebanon Township and its neighbors

Lebanon Township has the second most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Washington Township41 miLebanon Township37 miClinton Township33 miTewksbury Township23 miMansfield Township13 miWashington Township12 miUnion Township7.7 miGlen Gardner0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Lebanon Township31%1.273584%A+
Mansfield Township32%0.560363%A
Washington Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Tewksbury Township21%0.730077%A
Union Township43%0.467395%A+
Glen Gardner13%under 0.15599%+A−
Clinton Township37%1.146378%A+
Washington Township29%0.916380%A

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Lebanon Township

Where can I hike in Lebanon Township?

The longest trail networks: Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation, 7 miles; Voorhees State Park, 6.4 miles; Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve, 5.9 miles; Crystal Springs Preserve, 4.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Lebanon Township is conserved land?

31% of its land, against a typical 11% for a New Jersey town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Lebanon Township’s trails?

Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation and Voorhees State Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Lebanon Township?

2.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Lebanon Township?

64,310 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lebanon Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4,631 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Lebanon Township have?

Ahead of 97% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #64 of 468 in New Jersey. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Lebanon Township neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →