Patriots' Path
The 50-plus-mile regional trail that links most of Morris County's parks.
Patriots’ Path is the regional trail network that connects most of Morris County’s parks, historic sites, and open space. The Morris County Park Commission has been building and maintaining it since the 1970s. Total network length is over 50 miles, made up of paved multi-use paths, gravel rail-trail segments, and dirt forest paths.
In the Morristown area, the path threads:
- Loantaka Brook Reservation and its paved southern paths;
- Burnham Park and the downtown Morristown spur;
- Speedwell Lake Park;
- Frelinghuysen Arboretum;
- Jockey Hollow and Lewis Morris County Park;
- Tourne County Park, Pyramid Mountain, and Mahlon Dickerson Reservation farther afield.
The path is signed but mixed in surface and difficulty. Some segments are flat paved greenway suitable for strollers and road bikes; others are singletrack rocky climbs. Plan a specific section rather than treating it as one continuous trail.
Free trail map and printable section guides from the Park Commission at morrisparks.net. Each trailhead has its own parking situation; the main parks listed above all have lots.