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Running trails in Cherry Hill Township, NJ
Cherry Hill Township has 16 trails in the directory — 2 on crushed gravel or dirt, 1 boardwalk, 2 loops that return to the trailhead, 1 with a stated distance, 2 shaded, and 1 open 24 hours. Every one post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 1,213 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Challenge Grove Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 386 reviews
This 18-acre park features playgrounds, a bike path, picnic areas, sports facilities & a garden.
Cooper River Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 236 reviews
Park with a playground, track, picnic areas, and trails, plus a boathouse and opportunities for rowing.
Evans Pond
4.5 ★★★★★ 222 reviews
Park featuring a playground, baseball fields and a pond, as well as fishing.
Kresson Trails
4.2 ★★★★☆ 101 reviews
Area featuring many trails for hiking and biking, as well as scenic views.
Bortons Mill Trails
4.3 ★★★★☆ 63 reviews
Park with trails for walking and dog-walking.
Cherry Valley Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 40 reviews
Neighborhood playground featuring swings, slides and a baseball field, plus woodland tracks.
Old Orchard Trails
4.4 ★★★★☆ 32 reviews
Brandywood Park
4.3 ★★★★☆ 28 reviews
Downs Farm Trails
4.4 ★★★★☆ 15 reviews
Bunker Hill Trails (Lark Lane Trail Head)
4.3 ★★★★☆ 13 reviews
Cherry Valley Trails
4.6 ★★★★★ 12 reviews
Erlton North Trails
4.1 ★★★★☆ 9 reviews
Thomas Paine Trails
3.4 ★★★☆☆ 5 reviews
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How to pick a trail in Cherry Hill Township
- Match the surface to your legs. Cherry Hill Township gives you a choice: 1 crushed gravel, 1 natural surface, and 1 boardwalk. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More crushed gravel trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? 2 trails here are loops, so you finish back at the car with no backtracking — the easiest way to run a set distance without thinking about it. On an out-and-back you turn round at half your target distance, which makes any trail fit any run. The longest stated distance in Cherry Hill Township is Cooper River Park at 3.8 mi.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 1 trail in Cherry Hill Township is open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 16 of the 16 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 4 have trailhead parking, 4 have restrooms, and 1 has a water fountain in Cherry Hill Township. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 2 shaded, 3 with mile markers, 1 that runners describe as quiet, 5 dog-friendly, and 3 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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