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View a virtual Spring walk of Cedar Ridge
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Throughout the month of June, customers of Blue Ridge Mountain Sports, at the Princeton Shopping Center, will be invited to donate a dollar to create and maintain walking trails in and around Princeton. Their contributions will benefit Partnership for Public Paths, an innovative collaboration among D&R Greenway Land Trust, the New Jersey Trails Association and Blue Ridge Mountain Sports. D&R Greenway, a qualified non-profit organization, will manage contributions and provide grants to fund local trail projects.
According to Alan Hershey, a vice-chair of D&R Greenway and founding member of the New Jersey Trails Association, “Partnership for Public Paths is really a very simple idea -- individual members of the community working together with a like-minded business to create inviting places to walk – in Princeton and in neighboring towns.”
In addition to underwriting materials and tools used for trail building and maintenance, a portion of the funds raised will be used to create and update accurate and comprehensive trail maps and information posted on the New Jersey Trails Association website (www.njtrails.org).
Partnership for Public Paths will also support supervised work days throughout the year where employees of Blue Ridge Mountain Sports and members of the community can clean-up existing trails – and create new ones.
D&R Greenway’s Executive Director Linda Mead remarked, “There are many trails in the area that would benefit from annual maintenance – and other preserved lands that have yet to be marked and cleared for trails. Funds generated from the Partnership for Public Paths will give people better access to the open spaces their tax dollars have helped to permanently protect.”
D&R Greenway appreciates the partnership with Blue Ridge Mountain Sports and the community. Blue Ridge Mountain Sports is also a sponsor of the Community Celebration on Saturday, June 12 at St. Michaels Farm Preserve in Hopewell, NJ.
St. Michael's Property in Hopewell, New Jersey
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Click on the photograph below to print out a public access map showing where the public may walk.
Updated May 26, 2010
St. Michaels' Trail Run and One Mile Fun Run
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Celebrate at the St. Michaels Farm Preserve on Saturday, June 12, (rain date June 13) with a Trail Run and Walk. Click here to open flyer with the details!
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Public Funding Partners
New Jersey State Agricultural Development Committee
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Program
Mercer County - Hopewell Borough - Hopewell Township
Public Funding Partners
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
Stony Brook - Millstone Watershed Association
The Willard T.C. Johnson Foundation, The Larson Land Foundation,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, The Bunbury Company
A Note from D&R Greenway Land Trust
D&R Greenway welcomes the community to our St. Michael’s Farm Preserve. The majority of the property between Princeton Avenue and Aunt Molly Road is protected with a farmland easement. Wooded areas are preserved for conservation. You may walk on old farm roads and along hedgerows and in the wooded areas.
Please respect the farm fields.
The Diocese has retained ownership of the 20 acres closest to town as shown on the map. This area is not open for public access.
See the NJ Trails Association website to explore walking trails in central New Jersey!
Take a walk at the Greater Sourlands Ecosytem Preserve in Hopewell and East Amwell Townships. Click here to open and print a color map of trails connected to the Northern Stony Brook Preserve. Posted May 26, 2010
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WALK THE TRAILS IN AND AROUND PRINCETON
The year 2009 marked the 20th anniversary of D&R Greenway's founding and the 175th anniversary of the D&R Canal, which inspired our first preservation goal to permanently protect the land surrounding and buffering this important water resource. Sophie Glovier, an active supporter of D&R Greenway and former trustee, is the author of a new trail book, Walk The Trails In And Around Princeton. Sophie along with Bentley Drezner, a well-known photographer, compiled some wonderful trail guides, along with interesting highlights along the trail. You may click here to e-mail a request for the book or call 609.924.4646.
In 2009 Packet Magazine featured this book - Click to view/download article
For a map of walking trails at Greenway Meadows in Princeton - Click here
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Sourlands Foothills Trail -
Hopewell Township, Mercer County
The Northern Stony Brook Preserve, East Amwell Township, Hunterdon County with the following trail segment
Cedar Ridge, Hopewell Township, Mercer County - Click for profile on this preserve
The following list represents lands that D&R Greenway Land Trust helped preserve in collaboration with other organizations. These properties, and their trails, are managed by other local organizations or municipalitiesCoventry Farm (extension of Mountain Lakes Preserve), Princeton Township, Mercer County
Greenway Meadows to Johnson Park School Trails, Princeton Township,
Mercer County
Institute Woods, Princeton Township, Mercer County
Carson Road Woods, Lawrence Township, Mercer County
Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain, Hopewell Township
(Public funding, mainly from New Jersey Green Acres program, was vital to the preservation of these natural areas.)
New Jersey Trails Association offers free resources for trail guides and maps. NJ Trails Association is a group of non-profit organizations, led by D&R Greenway Land Trust, that encourages families and individuals to get outdoors and experience preserved lands close to home. Visit http://njtrails.org for more hiking experiences!