Traction Line Recreation Trail
Town of Morristown and Morris Township, Morris County, NJ
(800) 852-7899

Directions:

US 80 to I-287 to Morristown; take exit 36; drive east on County Route 510 about one block to the intersection with Morris Avenue; park on the street near George Washington's HQs. 

History:

The trail here is a segment of the old Morris Traction Company Trolley Line (MTC).

1899  --  MTC chartered.  There were 32 interconnected routes from Lake Hopatcong to Elizabeth. 

1913  --  MTC incorporated as a steam railroad (thereby giving it land condemnation authority).

1914  --  trolley service between Morristown and Maplewood.

1927  -- MTC sold at public auction. The New Jersey Public Utilities Commission approves the dissolution of the corporation.

1986  --  the Traction Line Recreation Trail dedicated.  The land donated by the Jersey Central Power and Light Company (JCP&L).

1998  -- one-mile extension between Convent Road and Danforth Road in Madision dedicated.  JCP&L and Fairleigh Dickenson University donated the land.

(Source: Della Penna, 1999: chapter 22)

Facilities and Activities:

Biking, cross-country skiing, fitness stations, hiking trails available.

Trails:

Three miles of paved path.  The trail starts at the intersection of Morris Avenue and Washington Avenue, across from Washington's Headquarters and heads to Convent Road in Madison.