Located adjacent to the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and the Passaic River, this Summerset County Park offers easy hiking and nature walks for all levels and ages along the park’s marshes and swampland. Over 8 miles of trails and boardwalks circle the park exposing a good mix of environments and wildlife – from cattail lined marshes to fields of wildflowers to wooded lowlands. In the winter the area is also open for cross country skiing.
Parking is available at the Summerset County Environmental Education Center on Lord Stirling Road in Basking Ridge. The Environmental Education Center is open year round and offers a nice educational stop for the kids as well as a bookstore. Maps of the park are also posted here, as well as at various intersections along the park’s trails.
Activities
Hiking, bird watching, cross country skiing, horseback riding
Photographs
Learn more about this park at these other sites
- Wikipedia – Lord Stirling Park
- Park Description at NYNJTC
- Lord Stirling Park – a set on Flickr
- LocalHikes – Lord Stirling Park Swamp Loop
