Frenchtown Preserve- new addition to Central Jersey Mtb trails

[Po123]

There are three access points- one in Frenchtown, one on 12 and one on Horesehoe Bend Rd. The Horseshoe bend access is the only parking lot. @Po123, how do you get on the single track by the river?

Off the towpath, it runs between the river and the towpath

 

[SSQueen]

Trail conditions today at Frenchtown Preserve: A+

 

[Bike N Gear]

oops wrong thread

 

[SSQueen]

Friday post work ride.

 

[Robin]

Had some errands to run in the area so brought the bike. Good stuff with lots of potential. Loved red and blue trails. Reminded me of raw twisties at 6-mile. Freshly trimmed too. Will be back to burn in trails.

 

[qclabrat]

Will add this to my list, now 2 more central jersey parks left.

what's left on your list?

 

[rick81721]

what's left on your list?

Will post in next monthly blog update- embarrassingly long time since I hit a new park

 

[one piece crank]

Had some errands to run in the area so brought the bike. Good stuff with lots of potential. Loved red and blue trails. Reminded me of raw twisties at 6-mile. Freshly trimmed too. Will be back to burn in trails.

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Hey - my son built that kiosk for his Eagle Scout project!

Great bunch of trails. I try to hit 'em everyday if I can. Judging by the thick coating of spider webs I get, the trails are not seeing a lot of use. Just yesterday I caught some sort of flying/buzzing/stinging? insect in a helmet vent but I didn't even stop - I figured I was so covered in arachnids they probably jumped on it after the first buzz!

 

[Rusty]

Conditions for tomorrow?

 

[one piece crank]

I hit the trails this morning. Everything was good except the trail heading down from the Horseshoe Bend Road parking lot - super soggy area, only surface freeze and slop beneath - but it's only about 40ft. of walking or take the road. The rest of the trails were good-n-crunchy. If you hit it later than 12-noon you could face additional thawing.

Also, the Horseshoe Bend parking lot has huge piles of gravel and road construction equipment, so you can fit maybe three vehicles if people park thoughtfully.

 

[one piece crank]

Two consecutive Sundays, one Eagle Scout Project, and an easy way to skip the jelly mud sections.

About 80 feet on the trail leading from the parking lot,

38 feet crossing a small ravine near the creek

 

[chemgirl]

Two consecutive Sundays, one Eagle Scout Project, and an easy way to skip the jelly mud sections.

About 80 feet on the trail leading from the parking lot,
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38 feet crossing a small ravine near the creek
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Thank you for building those!!!

 

[Patrick]

Two consecutive Sundays, one Eagle Scout Project, and an easy way to skip the jelly mud sections.

About 80 feet on the trail leading from the parking lot,
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38 feet crossing a small ravine near the creek
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is the first one on a slight grade to warrant the cleats?
Solid distance there!

 

[one piece crank]

is the first one on a slight grade to warrant the cleats?
Solid distance there!

Yes, that first photo is looking up a slight grade, one of two paths that lead up-to/down-from the only (small) parking lot.

 

[Robin]

I started adding trails to Trailforks - waiting on admin approval.

@Patrick can we make a subforum under Central Jersey for this place? Starting to get more activity.

 

[Patrick]

I started adding trails to Trailforks - waiting on admin approval.

@Patrick can we make a subforum under Central Jersey for this place? Starting to get more activity.

Done - setting up Conditions thread.
If someone could post a map or gps track.

 

[one piece crank]

Done - setting up Conditions thread.
If someone could post a map or gps track.

Give me some how-to hints, and I can run a trail sweep and post it.

 

[FitmanNJ]

My GPS device uses OpenStreetMap. Someone has already traced the Frenchtown Preserve trails to the master map, so devices that use OSM are good to go (albeit not as colorful/“pretty” as Trailforks, MTB Project, etc.).