Submitted by pink-freud23 t3_y1k3xg in jerseycity
I’m a runner and new to JC and looking forward to running at Liberty State Park. The place is so big, I’m not sure which address/parking lot is best for getting to the trail. Where do people usually go? Free parking is of course preferred. Thanks!
Depends where you live though. Running there from the heights or journal square isn't ideal
From Bowl-Rite Lanes in Union City, it's only four miles one way. But you aren't wrong, for some people it isn't ideal. OP left some info out lol I have run from Newport to Elizabeth, NJ and on some days Newport to Hoboken sucks.
Yeah, depends how far they run. 8 miles is longer than I go most days, but even if i were going out for 10+ i'd probably prefer driving/biking to the park rather than having 8 miles of the run getting to/from the park.
I'm lucky to live within a mile of the park though so it is really nice to be able to run to the park easily.
Would it be safe to run there at night?
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I don't know what trail you're referring to, but as far as I know all the parking is free except the northern lots on Audrey Zapp Drive. You're most likely to find space in the southernmost lots on Morris Pesin Drive.
Also can park at the Nature Center lot pretty easily
There’s essentially one major loop there, with an extension down to Caven Point near the golf course, to the south.
Park anywhere really, and you can do any distance and be pretty close to your vehicles.
Pro tip: bathrooms and water in various points - at the building near the flags at the south of the park, at the nature center and the playground in the middle of the park, and at the train station at the north of the park.
Better in the morning overall. Have fun!
Good tip, water should be shutting off soon though as the temps drop close to freezing so I wouldn't rely on the water being running.
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Most all of the LSP parking spots are right next to one of the many trails.
There's free parking at the southern end of the park where the flag poles are.
Here's a loop I run. It'll get you close to 4 miles. If you want to add, run newport and the park. You can get a good 10 to 13 miles that way.
Actually there’s a pretty cool Trail if you go all the way to the south end of the park where trucks park to get they’re boats in the water, you walk past the golf course and keep going for a bow a half a mile to a mile and then on your left is a trail that you can run through to a desolate beach which is beautiful during the summer months it’s close because it’s a protected area but it is open now I am probably one of the most gorgeous places of Jersey City in that little know about
Just found this the other day on a sunset run. Was beautiful.
Awesome ! It’s like being transported out of JC!
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There is free $7 parking at Maritime Parc
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BeMadTV t1_iry1jrr wrote
Run to the park and then run out of the park is what most folks do.