Tourne County Park — Attraction in Denville

Great hiking/mountain biking/running. Birchwood Lake trail loops into Mountain Lakes and is easy to moderately difficult but can be rugged in some areas. You can hike the loop in about 1.5 hours.

There is also a very steep trail to the top of Tourne mountain with spectacular views to NYC. There are also many other trails as the park is quite large.

Restrooms and kids park. Plenty of parking, a pavilion and picnic tables. There are two park entrances.

Highly recommend this...

Short but steep hike. Goes up a bit under 1,000 feet in less than a mile. The trail is wide and made of gravel, with occasional big ankle-buster rocks. Be careful of the washout channels/trenches in various spots that could also roll an ankle. There are benches made of logs along the way. Not much of a view from the top, at least in the summer.

I also did the red trail/wildflower area. Make sure you bring bug spray! I ended up with 5 or 6 mosquito bites in the area...

It's not a very large reservation, but there are quite a few trails where you can walk for an hour or two without seeing a road or a house anywhere in sight. There are some interesting boulders and a meadow of sorts where trees used to grow, and there's a high peak and a greater than moderate climb to it from which you can see the New...