The construction of the Woodmont Knolls is almost complete, and the trail from East Fredrick Place to Cedar Knolls Road has been redone. It runs along the perimeter of the apartments to the road while hugging the Whippany River and Interstate 287. Still fun to ride, run, or hike any day.
Today I went on a ride through Chester on Patriots' Path. The trail goes from Old Route 24 to Tanner's Brook Road. The trail begins again on Tanner's Brook Road and ges to Palmer fields. They will be connected soon. I stopped at Tanner's Brook Road. The trail was very badly overgrown. It's better suited for hiking exept there is a half of a mile bike trail that runs near Chubb Park. The biking trail starts at Old Route 24 and then turns into Chubb Park onto a paved path that also goes to Furnce Road in the other direction. It its not blazed. The white trail goes straight and meets up with the blue Chubb Park trail and then goes onto an overgrown trail going to the Cooper Mill Trail. The white trail continues right and crosses the paved bike trail again, then crosses two brooks (no bridges), and then crosses back over the brook (again no bridge). Then gets to Furnce Road. The trail is not good for biking, but is pretty good for hiking. The trail then crosses Furnace Road and goes through an even more overgrown swamp. The trail is again better for hiking, but this trail was much more overgrown than the other. The trail gets to Tanner's Brook Road where its end is until probably a few weeks. We took the roads and the bike trail back, since the trails were so bad. Patriots' Path on Combs Hollow Road Today I went on a bike ride through Randolph. It started at the edge of Mendham by the Clyde Potts Reservoir. This first part of the trail was awful! You have to cross two brooks and it is very rocky, but that made it fun and challenging. The next part of the trail was very well maintained ant rode along Randolph Trails. This trail went to Combs Hollow Road and then followed the side-walk of Doby Road and it temporarily ends at Heisteins Park. On the way back we took a blue blazed trail that connects the Randolph Trail system to Old Brookside Road. Instead of going back that awful way we continued down the Randolph Trails and the white blazes turned and blue blazes began. The Randolph Trail part is hilly, but well maintained and good for any intermediate rider. The rest of the white trail that goes to Clyde Potts is not a good trail for any biker, much better for walking. Check out pics here. This week I went on a ride through Parsippany. I started near Reynolds Avenue on a side street off of Parsippany Avenue called Woodland Avenue. At the end of that street is a power plant and there is a nice trail through the place.
This week I went on a Halloween run through Fosterfields and all the way to Sunrise Lake. I have already completed this portion but its the most fun. There are lots of hills and its a beautiful trail! Check out the pics here! The trail is the red blaze from fosterfields to the blue blaze paved trail through Washington Valley. Then this blue trail takes a right turn and runs through woods along Washington Valley Road. It then ends at the white trail that you can take to Whitehead Road and then to Sunrise Lake. There are many trails back there, don't get lost! The John T. Cunningham Trail starts across from sunrise lake and is the white blaze. That trail is slightly narrow, but good overall once you go further into Mendham, then the blue trail come off and that is a better trail. I didn't do the Cunningham Trail this week, but I've done it many times. That was my ride for this week's biker's blog!
The trail I biked on this week was the blue blaze trail in the Frelinghuysen Arboretum. The trail is very nice and is hilly. The trail rides along many trails in the Arboretum grounds. The trail goes then through a facility of some sort and then runs through some woods in back of Acorn Hall and then comes up at Laffyette Avenue at Acorn Hall. Then it goes to the traction line at ends. Its about 1.2 miles. Its very nice.
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AuthorI am a Senior at Lehigh University, and I have a passion for biking and hiking. Archives
January 2015
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