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Running trails in Nutley, NJ
Nutley has 8 trails in the directory — 1 on crushed gravel or dirt, 1 shaded, and 1 open 24 hours. 7 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 2,216 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.
Kingsland Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 600 reviews
Beautiful park featuring a baseball field and a gazebo, plus picnic tables.
Yanticaw Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 442 reviews
Built in 1911, this park offers baseball fields & bocce courts, plus walking paths & a playground.
Memorial Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 441 reviews
Relaxing green space featuring a playground, strolling paths and streams plus cherry trees.
Booth Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 280 reviews
Park featuring a playground, walking trails, and dog-friendly areas.
Nichols Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 181 reviews
Relaxed park featuring a playground, basketball court and a baseball field.
De Muro Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 157 reviews
Rubberized track popular with joggers and walkers, as well as courts for tennis and basketball.
Glotzbach Memorial Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 103 reviews
Popular, maintained recreation area featuring 2 baseball diamonds and a playground.
Memorial Park 3
4.8 ★★★★★ 12 reviews
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How to pick a trail in Nutley
- Match the surface to your legs. Most of what's here is natural surface (1 of 8). 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 natural surface trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 1 trail in Nutley is open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 7 of the 8 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm. 1 is lit, which is what you want for winter evenings.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 5 have trailhead parking, 4 have restrooms, and 3 have a water fountain in Nutley. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 1 shaded, 3 that runners describe as quiet, 1 dog-friendly, and 5 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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