Afoot in Morris **NEW**

The new book has arrived!

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Afoot in Morris

Walking the Parks and Trails of Morris County

2025
Daniel Chazin & Jim Simpson
$29.95

While perhaps not often featured as a top hiking destination, Morris County actually offers a wealth of open space and interesting hiking opportunities. More than 400 miles of trails traverse the wide variety of federal, state, county, and local parks and preserves in this New Jersey county, all of which are rich in natural and cultural history.

Afoot in Morris is a brand-new guidebook by authors Daniel Chazin and Jim Simpson, published by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. It features in-depth descriptions of the trails and parks throughout Morris County, highlighting more than 50 parks, preserves, sanctuaries and other protected open space. Historical notes, sidebars on interesting facts and lore, recommended hikes, driving directions with GPS coordinates, and public transportation information are also provided. Nearly 100 detailed topographic color maps accompany the park descriptions, and full-color images throughout the book offer a glimpse of what you might expect to see out on the trails.

From a county park system that forms the core of outstanding trail experiences, to engineering marvels like the Morris Canal and historic treasures like Jockey Hollow, to a varied terrain shaped by unique geologic forces, this guidebook highlights an array of walking and hiking opportunities. 

Whether you choose to visit a federal, state, county or local park, Morris County is the perfect place for a day of adventure or a quiet retreat into nature. Whether you want to climb a mountain and scramble over some ancient rocks in the Highlands, or prefer a level run along a flat course—whether you seek postcard vistas or prefer a walk through a deep forest, a wild meadow or a formal garden—Morris County is the place for you. Grab this new Afoot in Morris guidebook today and pick a park to explore, or better yet, plan on hiking them all!

Book Features

• In-depth descriptions of more than 400 miles of trails in more than 50 parks, preserves, sanctuaries and other protected open space in Morris County, New Jersey
• Detailed topographic color maps and full-color images accompany the park descriptions
• Historical notes, sidebars on interesting facts and lore, recommended hikes, driving directions with GPS coordinates, and public transportation information are also provided
• Chapters are roughly organized by geographic area in the county: the Northeast, the Morristown area, the Southeast and Great Swamp, the Southwest, and the Northwest. A final chapter features long-distance trails like the Patriots’ Path.
  
• Comprehensive index
• County locator map (county map is split into east and west sections on the book's inside covers)
• Table of contents
• Example chapter intro with example map

Published by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, April 2025. 500 pages. Paperback.

About the Authors

• Daniel Chazin has been an active volunteer with the Trail Conference since 1982. He served on its Board for over 30 years and has authored or edited several other hiking guidebooks.
• Jim Simpson retired after a long career in journalism with a daily newspaper. Although an urbanite, he is an avid trekker with an unquenchable interest in local history, parkland, and its lore.

Marketing/Promo Materials

Help us get the word out about this new book!  Share with friends and family, post on your social accounts, or even bring a flyer into a store you think should carry the books!

• Promotional flyer (PDF)
• Promotional text/blurbs (PDF)
• High-resolution cover image (JPG)
• Announcement image (JPG)

Be sure to also check out our "Morris County Book & Map Combo" to save on a combo package of this brand-new Afoot in Morris book and our Morris County Highlands Trails map.