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Newman's Lane

Location: Martinsville, New Jersey
Ride Type: Many Trails To Choose
Trail Type: Single Track 90%
Fire/Gravel Road 10%
Distance: 25.00 miles (40.23 KM)
Duration: 1 - 2 Hours
Elevation Gain: 30 Feet (9 Meters)
Climbing: Steep At Times
Skill Level: Something for everyone
User Density: not specified.

Trail Description:
Fun for the whole family kiddies! Rolling single track through wonderful New Jersey single track. Technical: Roots, Logs, Streams and rocks GALORE! Easy goin': Fire roads along the resevoir, or simplistic flat single track...the place gets packed at peak times. Riders run from families out on an excursion to hardkore soft-tailers to groups on big wheel UNICYCLES!

How to get there:
Route 22 East: make right onto Finderne Avenue(Kemper Pontiac) then a right onto Foothill Road...up over 22...then over 287...then first right onto Steel Gap road...it winds up the mountain...theres a sharp right, then the road flows left...just keep heading straight...the parking lot is on your right at the base of the other side of the mountain.

From 22 West:Right onto Chimney Rock Road...follow it up and about past the quarry and Chimney Rock park...then a left at the light onto Washington Valley Road...then first left onto Newmans Lane...pass the Wade Builing...thru the fields...parking lot is on the left just before u start heading up the mountain

Additional Notes:
Its really an extention of the Chimney Rock Trails...you can either leave the lot and head towards C