Tenafly Nature Center
Park Overview:
A pond, visitor center, and seven plus miles of trails surrounded by woodlands and wetlands.
Park Description:
The Tenafly Nature Center, founded in 1961, manages a 52-acre parcel of land as well as the adjacent 330-acre Lost Brook Preserve. The preserve includes second-growth woodland and wetlands, with the attractive three-acre Pfister's Pond in the northwest corner near the visitor center.
Trails Overview:
The nature center features a network of eleven blazed trails, totaling about seven miles. The longest trails are the yellow-blazed Allison Trail (1.4 miles) and the red-blazed Little Chism Trail (1.9 miles). The other trails are less than a mile long. The 0.6-mile Main Trail is not blazed. There are several opportunities for loop hikes. Near the southern boundary is Haring Rock, a huge glacial erratic seen east of its namesake trail with an orange blaze. Use the Web Map link on this site to view a trail map.
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Park Acreage:
382.00 acresMunicipality:
TenaflyA pond, visitor center, and seven plus miles of trails surrounded by woodlands and wetlands.
The Tenafly Nature Center, founded in 1961, manages a 52-acre parcel of land as well as the adjacent 330-acre Lost Brook Preserve. The preserve includes second-growth woodland and wetlands, with the attractive three-acre Pfister's Pond in the northwest corner near the visitor center.
Following is an excerpt from the Trail Conference's "Trail Walker," newsletter, July/August 2010:
"Like the cavalry, New Jersey residents Jack Driller of Ridgewood and Mark Liss of Fairlawn came to the rescue at the Tenafly Nature Center/Lost Brook Preserve (TNC), where trail maintainers faced 6 miles of devastated trails after a hurricane-like windstorm ripped through the area in early March. Jack and Mark came armed with their chain saws (and chain saw certification) and put their skills to work helping maintainers Pete Tilgner, Suzan Gordon, and Janet Albrecht clear 133 blow-downs at the Bergen County preserve."
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