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Outdoors in Tewksbury Township

Tewksbury Township has 1,765 acres of parks, 300 for every 1,000 residents

21% of Tewksbury Township’s land is conserved, about 4,320 acres. The biggest trail networks: Christie Hoffman Farm Park (5.4 mi), Cold Brook Preserve (5 mi), Hill & Dale Preserve (3.8 mi). 23 miles of mapped trail cross Tewksbury Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 93% of U.S. towns · #150 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it

Conserved land
21%
4,320 acres · of 31.6 sq mi of land
Trails
23 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,765 ac
300 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
77%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.2 mi
1.2 mi paths
Highest peak
1,030 ft
Fox Hill
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Tewksbury Township?

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

Room to roam300 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild21% of the land is conserved; a typical New Jersey town, 11%.History along the way10 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Tewksbury Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tewksbury Township is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns, #150 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.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Tewksbury Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land21% of the land · typical NJ town 11% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (23 mi) · NJ 0.7 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land300 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,765 acres) · NJ 25 · U.S. 13AParks close to home77% 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 93%
LessMore
New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 68%

New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Tewksbury Township’s 21% is ahead of 72% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 52% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be 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 Christie Hoffman Farm Park, with 5.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Christie Hoffman Farm Park

Managed by Tewksbury Township
191 acres5.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Cold Brook Preserve

Managed by Hunterdon County
178 acres5 mi of trail
Yellow TrailBack Loop TrailOrange TrailField 6 and 8+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Hill & Dale Preserve

Nature preserve
193 acres3.8 mi of trail
Red Trailunblazed trailBlue TrailYellow Trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Whittemore Wildlife Sanctuary

Nature preserve
180 acres3.5 mi of trail
Rolling River TrailNortheast PassTree Stump Hill TrailHalf Back Trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Hell Mountain Preserve

Managed by Tewksbury Township
108 acres1.3 mi of trail
Hell Mountain Trailunblazed trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

4,320 conserved acres

21% of Tewksbury Township’s land. Who manages Tewksbury Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city1,892 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits1,644 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government1,284 ac
County1,075 ac
Other state land785 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)310 ac
Joint24 ac
Agricultural Easement · 4,361 acLocal Conservation Area · 796 acPrivate Conservation · 725 acConservation Easement · 672 acUnknown Easement · 293 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2,418 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 66 of 216 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Whittemore Wildlife Sanctuary
Local Conservation Area
Town or city230Open
Cold Brook / Lamington River
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits221Closed
Pottersville Reservoir Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city192Open
Cold Brook Reserve
Local Other or Unknown
County178Open
Hill and Dale Preserve
Local Conservation Area
Regional Water Districts151Open
Pascale Farm
Local Conservation Area
Town or city113Open
Hell Mountain Preserve
Local Conservation Area
Town or city108Open
Tewksbury Township Conservation Area
Local Conservation Area
Town or city94Open
Tewksbury Land Trust Trail
Private Recreation or Education
Land trusts & nonprofits86Open
Olsen Tract
Private Other or Unknown
Not recorded71Unknown

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

3 places to go in Tewksbury Township

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

Peaks in Tewksbury Township
Fox Hill1,030 ft elevation
Directions
Hell Mountain945 ft elevation
Directions
Round Top531 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

25 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 4.1 miHorses · 21.5 miUnpaved · 5.5 mi
Yellow Trail2.3 mi
Red Trail1.6 mi
Hell Mountain Trail1.3 mi
Fox Hill Preserve Trail1.1 mi
unblazed trail1.0 mi
Blue Trail0.9 mi
Back Loop Trail0.5 mi
Oak Bridge Hike0.5 mi
Northeast Pass0.5 mi
Rolling River Trail0.4 mi
15 more trails
Orange Trail
0.4 mi
Tree Stump Hill Trail
0.4 mi
Loop Trail East
0.4 mi
Field 6 and 8
0.4 mi
Turtle Trail
0.3 mi
Half Back Trail
0.3 mi
Blue Bird Flight
0.3 mi
Loop Trail West
0.3 mi
Field 3 Loop
0.3 mi
Yellow-Blue
0.3 mi
Pinecone Passage
0.3 mi
Around the Rock Walk
0.2 mi
Field 10
0.2 mi
Field 4 Loop
0.2 mi
Treeline Trail West
0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Lamington River
Biking & sports

1.2 miles of bike routes

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

1.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Equestrian
2Tennis
1Soccer

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

History along the way

10 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 4 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Kline FarmhouseBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Oldwick Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1988
About it
Pottersville Village Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1990
About it
Mountainville Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1993
About it
Fairmount Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1996
About it
Taylor's Mill Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1997
About it
Cokesbury Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1997
About it
Frog Hollow Road Bridge over minor tributary of the South Branch, Raritan RiverStructure · listed 2002
About it
Hollow Brook Road Bridge over tributary of the Lamington RiverStructure · listed 2002
About it
Palatine Road Brige over a minor tributary of the Lamington RiverStructure · listed 2002
About it
Bartles HouseBuilding · listed 2007
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Tewksbury Township: April to June, August and 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)384150627281858377655343
Rain (in)3.62.84.03.94.24.65.04.54.54.43.44.3

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Tewksbury Township →

Next door

Tewksbury Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Washington Township41 miLebanon Township37 miReadington Township33 miClinton Township33 miTewksbury Township23 miBedminster Township18 miLamington10 miOldwick2.2 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Tewksbury Township21%0.730077%A
Readington Township26%0.722993%A+
Bedminster Township27%0.721292%A+
Lamington— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lebanon Township31%1.273584%A+
Clinton Township37%1.146378%A+
Washington Township29%0.916380%A
Oldwick— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Tewksbury Township

Where can I hike in Tewksbury Township?

The longest trail networks: Christie Hoffman Farm Park, 5.4 miles; Cold Brook Preserve, 5 miles; Hill & Dale Preserve, 3.8 miles; Whittemore Wildlife Sanctuary, 3.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Tewksbury Township is conserved land?

21% 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 Tewksbury Township’s trails?

Christie Hoffman Farm Park and Cold Brook Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Tewksbury Township?

1.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Tewksbury Township?

62,372 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tewksbury Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,814 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Tewksbury Township have?

Ahead of 93% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #150 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 Tewksbury 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 →