TRAILS
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In 2017, BPA Trailblazer Tom Bowmaster began creating a network of walking trails in Jones Woods and the Green Strip in collaboration with Morris Township, the County Park Commission, and the Boy Scouts. Rick Bye has taken over as trailmaster - maintaining, marking, mapping and extending the trails.
Jones Woods Enter through the gate at the dirt road where Hillcrest Ave meets East Lake Ave. The trail head is a few hundred yards on the right. Four trails - marked in yellow, white, red and blue - interconnect and loop around the pond and stream, down to Mendham Road, up to Picatinny Road and over to the Municipal Water Authority dirt road in back of the houses on Dorothy Drive and up to Villa Walsh School. Benches installed by the Boy Scouts are situated around the pond and stream. Download the map. Green Strip This trail runs through the wooded green space area between East and West Lake, off of lower East Lake up to the top where East Lake and Hilllcrest avenues meet. See Jones Woods map upper right. These trails need regular maintenance, best handled through regular use, so spread the word! In addition, volunteers actively maintain the trails. Starting in the Spring of 2020, a task force will be trained in the removal of invasives. If you want to help, please contact us. |
Hike
Trailmaster Rick Bye led a hike in the fall of 2019 in Jones Woods. He gave a brief history of the area and pointed out landmarks along the way. Others on the hike identified plants and how they got here. It was a glorious day with adults, kids and dogs enjoying the hidden gem locals call our "100 Acre Woods."
Trailmaster Rick Bye led a hike in the fall of 2019 in Jones Woods. He gave a brief history of the area and pointed out landmarks along the way. Others on the hike identified plants and how they got here. It was a glorious day with adults, kids and dogs enjoying the hidden gem locals call our "100 Acre Woods."
In February 2020, the Township Recreation Department built a bridge over the stream/gully for easier access to the trail in Jones Woods that runs around the rim of the reservoir.
