Great Places to Bike and Walk
Our favorite area trails for biking and walking
Great bike rides using the D&R Canal towpath along the Delaware River
The amazing Lawrence Hopewell Trail
West Windsor Trolley Line Trail Guide (now extended another 0.4 miles)
Ron Rogers Arboretum across the street from H.S. South (corner of Clarksville Road and Princeton-Hightstown Road)
Zaitz Woods on Southfield Road
Millstone West off Joanne Street (by Millstone Road) and the Millstone Trail on the other side of Millstone Road
Historic West Windsor bike route
Plainsboro Bikeways and Walkways maps
Institute for Advanced Study Woods
Cross Monmouth County on the 9-mile Union Transportation Trail
More bicycle and pedestrian resources in West Windsor and Mercer County (plus Plainsboro)
- Boys & Girls Club Bike Exchange
- Taming Traffic: Context-Sensitive Solutions in the DVRPC Region
(including Clarksville Road, West Windsor) - Friends of West Windsor Open Space
- Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association (GMTMA)
- GMTMA Greater Mercer Trails Plan
- Greening of West Windsor
- Mercer County Bike Master Plan
- Mercer County Bikeability Map
- Princeton Biking – Recreation Guide
- Princeton Free Wheelers
- Princeton Joint Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee
- Princeton University bicycle map
- Trenton Cycling Revolution
- West Windsor BikeFest
New Jersey
- Bike&Walk Montclair
- Bike JC (Jersey City)
- Biking in New Jersey (NJDOT bicycling maps)
- Complete Streets Policy Compilation, New Jersey
- Freehold Bike Brochure
- FreeWalkers
- Get Outside NJ
- Middlesex County Trails and Maps
- New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center (?NJDOT/Rutgers)
- New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition
- New Jersey Bicycle Manual (NJDOT)
- New Jersey Bike Map
- New Jersey Bicycling Routes and Maps
- New Jersey Trails Plan
- New Jersey Trails Program
- New Jersey Department of Transportation: Biking in New Jersey
- New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety: Pedestrian Safety
- New Jersey Safe Routes to School Resource Center
- New Jersey Trails Association
- New Jersey Transit Bicycle Access Policies
- Walks and Bikes Newsletter
Regional
- Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
- Biking Hiking with Kids
- Circuit Trails (includes trail finder)
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Bicycle Commuting Tips for New York City
- Bicycle Safety and Pennsylvania Laws
- Bike New York
- Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
- Pennsylvania Bicycle Driver’s Manual
- Pennsylvania Trails
- Transportation Alternatives
- Tri-State Transportation Campaign
- New Jersey Needs a Complete Streets Policy
National
- Active Living By Design Program
- Active Transportation for America
- ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments, from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
- Adventure Cycling
- Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
- Bicycle Countermeasure Selection System (BIKESAFE)
- Bicycle Friendly Community Campaign-League of American Bicyclists (LAB)
- BIKESAFE (Bicycle Countermeasure Selection System)
- CDC Recommendations for Improving Health through Transportation Policy
- Cities for Cycling, National Association of City Transportation Officials
- Complete Streets Coalition
- Complete Street for an Aging America, AARP
- Commute by Bike (tips, news, reviews, and safety)
- Cycling Savvy (learn bike skills)
- East Coast Greenway
- A Kid’s Guide to Bicycle Safety
- A Kids Guide to Safe Walking
- League of American Bicyclists
- Mountain bike trails database (sponsored by REI)
- National Wildlife Federation “Be Out There” Campaign
- Federal Recreational Trails Program
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
- Pedestrian Forum Newsletter
- Pedestrian Safety Strategic Plan
- Rails To Trails Conservancy
- Safe Routes to School
- TrailLink (great trail finder from Rails to Trails Conservancy)
- Walk and Bike to Schools
- Walking School Bus
- Walk Score