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An earlier poster mentioned the Columbia Trail from High Bridge to Califon. It continues past Califon to Long Valley and a mile or so beyond that. I like to get lunch at the Long Valley Pub and Brewery before heading back (downhill!) to High Bridge.
Another trail is the Delaware and Raritan Feeder Canal tow path/rail trail from Washington's Crossing State Park, to Frenchtown (plus another mile or so). That's a 45 mile round trip with lots of food options along the way. Also, it follows the Delaware River and depending on the height of the river, you can walk out on a wing dam to the middle of the river about a mile south of Lambertville.
At Bulls Island you can walk over a foot bridge to Lumberville, PA.
There's a canal and path on the PA side of the river but that was damaged by storms starting in 2004 and has never been fully repaired, so some parts are rideable and others not.
The D&R path goes through Trenton and all the way up to New Brunswick along the main D&R canal. However, the condition of the path is quite variable. It might also be worth mentioning that parts of this segment of the path are part of the East Coast Greenway.
- Ed