National Trails Day Walk & Visioning Session: Bloomfield Segment of New Jersey's Newest State Park

Celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday, June 6, with a guided walk and community visioning session focused on the future Bloomfield segment of New Jersey’s newest state park, a nine-mile greenway connecting eight municipalities in Essex and Hudson counties.
📆 Date: Saturday, June 6
⏰ Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
📍 Location:  ~ 44 Willet St, Bloomfield
NATIONAL TRAILS DAY WALK 🥾
The approximately one-mile walk will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. and take participants from Willet Street to Walnut Street and back while discussing how this former rail corridor is being transformed into a multimodal recreation and transit corridor featuring native plantings and community gathering spaces.
Advance registration is recommended, but not required: bit.ly/NationalTrailsDayBloomfield
VISIONING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSION 🗣️
The New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, will host a community visioning and engagement session from 9 a.m. to noon at Willet Street. Advance registration is not required. Participants may stop by at any time during the event to learn about the project or share their ideas.
WHAT TO WEAR 👔
Closed-toe shoes are required to participate in the walk. Sunscreen, water and long pants are recommended. The walk will cover a variety of surfaces, including railroad ballast (crushed stone), asphalt and dirt. Some portions of the walk may involve passing through tall grass or other vegetation.
Children aged 12 and older are welcome when accompanied by an adult.
Pets are not permitted.
ABOUT NEW JERSEY’S NEWEST STATE PARK 🌳
Development of New Jersey’s newest state park will take place in phases over time and will require sustained investments to implement the full vision of a nine-mile linear park. The park will provide outdoor recreation and alternative transportation opportunities to more than 1.5 million residents in the surrounding area, over 16% of New Jersey’s population. Construction of the nearly one-mile Newark segment of the park is underway and is expected to open in spring 2027.
🔗 Learn more: dep.nj.gov/greenway/