Tag: Circuit Trails

Expanded: 6 great one-day bike rides on central New Jersey trails

Some kid-friendly bike rides in central New Jersey … also good for adults who prefer biking on trails instead of with traffic.

So you’re looking for a new place to ride your bike but don’t want to deal with traffic? Or you’re encouraging someone to bike who gets nervous around traffic? You need some kid-friendly options?

Central New Jersey has some great choice, and more trails are coming (it’s just not a fast process, unfortunately). I think these five six are fabulous; I hope you’ll love them too. I’ve listed them in no particular order and updated them for 2025.

Of course there are more trails than just these, so keep exploring and add your favorite to the comments section.

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How to bike from Trenton to Camden, New Jersey

It’s not as daunting as you might think.

New trail along the Delaware River.

Biking to Philadelphia on the New Jersey side has long intrigued me, especially after having ridden to Philly on the Pennsylvania side. So when a group a sister has started riding with announced a ride from Trenton to Camden and then over the Ben Franklin Bridge to Philadelphia, I was all in (well, at least to Camden.)

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Philadelphia’s Pennypack Trail: A surprisingly hilly bike ride

The Pennypack winds and climbs (if just briefly) alongside Pennypack Creek.

I think these ducks associate the human voice with food…

Trails have a reputation for being flat and, to some people, kind of boring. That’s because many were once railroad lines, and locomotives aren’t going to pull a train up a steep hill or around a sharp curve.

Philadelphia’s Pennypack Trail breaks that mold. It winds and climbs (if only briefly) along the Pennypack Creek, offering riders shade and water views.

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