Trail Happenings

Birding and walking enthusiasts trek through Cadwalader Park at a spring birding event sponsored by the N.J. Conservation Foundation

Trenton Walks!

Trenton Walks! is the name of a new program that features walks throughout Trenton between June and November 2024. Sponsored by the Trenton Green Team, with the support of the Mercer County Action Team, the community engagement program features walks in and around New Jersey’s capital city on different days at different times of day. Read the press release here.

Here’s Trenton Walks’ calendar of events for September to November. A view of routes can be found here.

September

Wednesday, September 4 at 12 noon. Led by Zeke Weston, N.J. Future policy coordinator, and Tim Brill, Central Jersey project manager for the N.J. Conservation Foundation and MCAT Trenton Trails subcommittee leader. Leave from N.J. Justice Complex, 25 Market St. to Morrisville via Trenton Makes and Calhoun St Bridges via State House and back. 2.7 miles roundtrip (Trenton Green Team Walk 5)
Thursday, September 12 at 5:15 p.m. Led by Gulu Brewer, vice chair for the Trenton Green Team and community and permanent housing case manager with Homefront. Leave from Roberto Clemente Park, D&R Towpath / Greenway to Mulberry St and back. 3 miles roundtrip. (TGT Walk 1)
Monday, September 16 at 4:30 p.m. Led by Mackenzie Piggott, State Trails coordinator for the Green Acres Program at N.J. Department of Environmental Protection. Meet at NJDEP entryway at 401 East State Street and walk along the Assunpink Greenway to Stacey Park and back. 2.4 miles roundtrip. (TGT Walk 4)
Saturday, September 21 at 9:30 a.m. Led by Tim Brill, Central Jersey project manager for the N.J. Conservation Foundation and MCAT Trenton Trails subcommittee leader. Meet next to the Old Trenton Wharf in front of Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza and walk along the Delaware River behind the Trenton Thunder Arm & Hammer Baseball Park and along the South Riverwalk Park to the Marine Terminal Park and back in time for the start of the Trenton River Days event at 11 a.m. 2.5 miles roundtrip. (TGT Walk 8)
Wednesday, September 25, 11 a.m. Led by Jacque Howard, media guru at Trenton365. Leave from Hub 13 co-working space at 13 W. Front St., through downtown Trenton to Mill Hill and back. 1.2 miles roundtrip. (TGT Walk 6)
Saturday, September 28, at 10:00 a.m. Led by Becky Taylor, Trenton Trails subcommittee leader and former co-president of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail, and Shereyl Snider, East Trenton Collaborative community organizer. Special guest presenter, Robert Barth, program leader with D&R Canal Watch, will share the colorful history of the D&R Canal in the City of Trenton. Meet at Ellarslie Museum in Cadwalader Park and walk about 3.25 miles along the D&R Canal Towpath and Greenway to the Trenton Battle Monument and back. (TGT Walk 9)

October

Wednesday, October 2 at 12 noon. Led by Zeke Weston, N.J. Future policy coordinator, and Tim Brill, Central Jersey project manager for the N.J. Conservation Foundation and MCAT Trenton Trails subcommittee leader. Leave from N.J. Justice Complex, 25 Market St. to Morrisville via Trenton Makes and Calhoun St. Bridges via State House and back. 2.7 miles roundtrip (TGT Walk 5)
Thursday, October 10 at 5:15 p.m. Led by Gulu Brewer, vice chair for the Trenton Green Team and community and permanent housing case manager with Homefront. Leave from Roberto Clemente Park, D&R Towpath / Greenway to Mulberry St and back. 3.0 miles roundtrip. (TGT Walk 1)
Monday, October 21 at 4:30 p.m. Led by Mackenzie Piggott, State Trails coordinator for the Green Acres Program at N.J. Department of Environmental Protection. Meet at the NJDEP entryway at 401 E. State Street and walk along the Assunpink Greenway to Stacey Park and back. 2.4 miles roundtrip. (TGT Walk 4)
Wednesday, October 23 at 11 a.m. Led by Jacque Howard, media guru at Trenton365. Leave from Hub 13 co-working space at 13 W. Front St., through downtown Trenton to Mill Hill and back. 1.2 miles roundtrip. (TGT Walk 6))
Wednesday, October 30 at 4 p.m. Led by James (J.R.) Capasso, City of Trenton Brownfields coordinator and Trenton Green Team liaison, and Shereyl Snider, East Trenton Collaborative community organizer. This special walk will highlight the Assunpink Greenway and exciting Redevelopment Projects in the East Trenton neighborhood. About 3.5 miles(TGT Walk 10)

November

Saturday, November 2, at 9:30 a.m. Led by Becky Taylor, Trenton Trails subcommittee leader and former co-president of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail. Meet at Ellarslie Museum in Cadwalader Park and walk toward Ewing Township on the D&R Canal State Park Towpath for about 3 miles roundtrip. (TGT Walk 11)

To see the routes for each walk, click here.

“We are asking all walkers in the program to embrace our new pledge, called Walk the Talk,” said Becky Taylor, another Trenton Trails subcommittee leader and former co-president of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail. This credo, similar to Scout pledges, commits each walker to have every other walker’s back. If there’s an issue on the trail, whether it’s health, social or safety-related, walkers promise to help fellow walkers in need.