Parks, Pathways and Open Space Access (Links to maps below)
Use Guidelines and Maps

Montgomery is a great place to take a walk. While resident and commercial development continues to threaten open space resources in Central New Jersey, Montgomery has been leading the way for over a decade by implementing an ambitous land preservation strategy. A key element of that Preservation plan in an extensive pathways network.

This planned network of multi-use pathways is designed to link our schools, parks, farmland, historic sites and districts, and residential neighborhoods along scenic stream corridors and preserved uplands. It is also designed to link our community to the great regional greenway resources of the Sourland Mountain Preserve and the Delaware and Raritan Canal Park.

While some links in the pathways plan are actually being constructed by developers, others are being built by the Township through federal and state grant programs, and still others by our local Scouts. The process is ongoing and it will take some time to fully implement the whole plan, but we have made significant progress. It is the purpose of this page to introduce our residents and visitors to the pathways that exist now. As new pathway links are completed, this page will be updated.

We ask that all residents respect their surroundings and other users by 'taking only pictures and leaving only footprints.' Areas are open only from dusk to dawn and are randomly patrolled by parks and police staff. ATVs and alcohol use are not permitted.

Developed Montgomery Twp. Parks include Montgomery Park* on Harlingen Road, the nearby Mill Pond Park & Soccer Fields*, tiny Bessie Grover Park* on Camp Meeting Road, Hobler Park* on Rt. 601 south of Rt. 518 (opposite Cherry Valley), Lubas Field* on Rt. 601 near East Mountain Rd., Broadway and McKnight BaseBall Fields (The Baseball Complex) accessible from Broadway and Reading Blvd, off of Rt. 601. (*Includes playground equipment.) Montgomery also contains part of the Sourland Mountan Preserve, a Somerset County Park. The entrance is on East Mountain Rd. in Hillsborough.

(The following links requires adobe acrobat reader)

For overview: Conservation Plan Map

For where to begin: Trailhead Locations

For directions: Montgomery Road System Map

Here are a few individual maps of parks and pathway areas in the beautiful Montgomery countryside:

Cherry Hill Road Open Space Map

Hobler Park Map

Montgomery and Mill Pond Parks Map

Stonebridge Pathways Map

Swan Opossum Road Woods Map

Board of Education Pathways Map

Here is a rendering of our newest park, located in southern Montgomery:

Van Horne Park

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