About hiking in Mercer County

Mercer County, New Jersey has 137 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 181 miles, an average of 1.3 miles each. The longest is NJ State Long Trail, at 29.9 miles. 6 run 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Mercer County are like

By length, 93 are under a mile, 38 run 1 to 5 miles, and 6 are 5 miles or longer. 10 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Curlis Woods Trail, at 6.2 miles.

Every one carries a difficulty rating: 119 easy and 18 moderate. Of the 136 with measured elevation, Delaware and Raritan Canal Towpath climbs the most, about 596 ft.

All 137 hiking trails, longest first

NJ State Long TrailHike29.9 mi D&R Canal TowpathHikeMTB8.3 mi Delaware and Raritan Canal TowpathHikeMTB7.1 mi Watershed TrailHike6.7 mi Curlis Woods TrailHikeMTB6.2 mi Trolley Line TrailHike5.5 mi Blue Dot TrailHike4.8 mi BlueHikeMTB4.7 mi Ridge TrailHike4.1 mi Red TrailHike3.9 mi Green TrailHike3.6 mi Jacobs Creek Trail (white)Hike3.1 mi Stony Brook TrailHike2.7 mi Red Dot TrailHike2.7 mi Continental Lane TrailHike2.6 mi RedHikeMTB2.5 mi Laurie Chauncey TrailHike2.3 mi Horseback Riding TrailHike2.1 mi Ridge Trail (white)HikeMTB2.1 mi Green Dot TrailHike2.0 mi WhiteHike2.0 mi Honey Hollow TrailHike1.9 mi White TrailHike1.8 mi YellowHike1.7 mi Cross Country CourseHike1.7 mi Pennington Loop TrailHike1.6 mi Hopewell Sourland TrailHike1.6 mi Woodsville Preserve TrailHike1.6 mi Rosedale Road Bike PathHikeMTB1.5 mi Jogging TrailHike1.5 mi Carson Road Woods - Green TrailHike1.4 mi Switchback TrailHike1.3 mi Paxson's LoopHikeMTB1.3 mi Stony Brook TrailsHike1.3 mi Pleasant Valley Trail (white)HikeMTB1.2 mi NW Loop TrailHike1.2 mi NW Loop Trail (red)HikeMTB1.2 mi Meadow / Pond TrailHike1.2 mi FoHVOS Thompson Preserve TrailHike1.2 mi Ettl Farm TrailHike1.1 mi Eastern RedHikeMTB1.1 mi Carson Road Woods - Red TrailHike1.1 mi Sourlands Foothills TrailHikeMTB1.1 mi blue squareHike1.0 mi Etra Lake PathwayHike1.0 mi Red squareHike0.9 mi Roger C. Cook GreenwayHikeMTB0.9 mi Kate's TrailHike0.9 mi All Saints TrailHike0.9 mi Blue TrailHike0.9 mi Summit trail - Blue squareHike0.9 mi Yellow / Great Road-Stewart TrailHike0.9 mi Reed / Bryan Farm TrailHikeMTB0.9 mi unblazedHike0.8 mi Meadow/Pond TrailHike0.8 mi Flash FloodHikeMTB0.8 mi Bear Swamp TrailHike0.8 mi Farm/History TrailHike0.8 mi Trolley Track TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Yellow Dot TrailHike0.7 mi Switchback Trail - yellow squareHike0.7 mi Lawrence Hopewell Trail ConnectorHikeMTB0.7 mi Unmarked TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Drexel Woods Blue TrailHike0.7 mi John Hart LoopHike0.7 mi OrangeHikeMTB0.7 mi Cedar Grove TrailHike0.7 mi Mercer Meadows Stony Brook TrailHike0.6 mi power line trailHike0.6 mi Tiger TrailHikeMTB0.6 mi Dipping ToesHikeMTB0.6 mi Carson Road Woods - Yellow TrailHike0.6 mi Loveless Nature Preserve TrailHike0.6 mi Johnson Trolley LineHikeMTB0.6 mi Ewing TrailHike0.5 mi Delaware River Heritage TrailHikeMTB0.5 mi BruinHikeMTB0.5 mi Middle TrailHike0.5 mi Penn Lyle TrailHike0.5 mi Blur / Scout LoopHike0.5 mi ConoverHikeMTB0.5 mi Power Line RoadHike0.5 mi Tilghman WalkHike0.4 mi Creek Spur TrailHike0.4 mi Featherbed Meadows West TrailHikeMTB0.4 mi Orange TrailHike0.4 mi Teachers' WayHike0.4 mi Merrill Lynch/Bank of America Walking PathHike0.4 mi Maidenhead Meadows Bridge and PathHikeMTB0.4 mi Millstone River trailHike0.4 mi White / South TrailHike0.4 mi River's Edge TrailHike0.4 mi Pennington ConnectorHikeMTB0.4 mi Boardwalk TrailHike0.4 mi Pedestrian PathHike0.4 mi power line pathHike0.3 mi Stone Bridge TrailHike0.3 mi Watershed Trail / Meadow/Pond TrailHike0.3 mi McCosh WalkHike0.3 mi Temporary LHT ConnectorHike0.3 mi Red / Pond View SpurHike0.3 mi Littlebrook Road FootpathHike0.3 mi PurpleHike0.3 mi UnmarkedHike0.3 mi Jamie's RunHikeMTB0.3 mi Mercer County Right of WayHike0.2 mi Yellow trailHike0.2 mi Drexel Woods White TrailHike0.2 mi Brady's WayHikeMTB0.2 mi Green / Drake's Corner SpurHike0.2 mi Olden TrailHike0.2 mi BarryHikeMTB0.2 mi TerrapinHikeMTB0.2 mi Tindall's TrailHike0.2 mi Guyot AvenueHike0.2 mi Green WhiteHike0.2 mi South View PassHike0.2 mi Rogers Refuge blue trailHikeMTB0.2 mi Maidenhead-Twin PinesHikeMTB0.2 mi Lindbergh LaneHike0.2 mi Grist Mill Trail (orange)HikeMTB0.2 mi South PostHikeMTB0.2 mi White -- Hollow Rd TrailHikeMTB0.2 mi Watershed Trail / Farm/History TrailHike0.2 mi Province Line Road BridgeHikeMTB0.2 mi Stout's PathHike0.2 mi Red Dot / Yellow DotHike0.2 mi Shapiro WalkHike0.2 mi Millstone River lower trailHike0.1 mi WalkwayHikeMTB0.1 mi Red WhiteHike0.1 mi Red Trail;Orange TrailHike0.1 mi Pine LoopHike0.1 mi Orange / Council Rock TrailHike0.1 mi 1699 TrailHike0.1 mi Frog War TrailHike0.1 mi OxcartHike0.1 mi

← All Mercer County trails

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 25, 2026.