Turtle Back Rock Picnic Area
Turtle Back Rock Picnic Area in West Orange, NJ, offers a spacious and peaceful environment ideal for hiking, trail running, relaxing, and picnicking. The area features wheelchair accessible entrances and parking, barbecue grills, picnic tables, and public restrooms. Visitors enjoy multiple trails with gentle elevation changes and scenic views including streams and abundant shade from trees. The site is family-friendly with kid-friendly hikes and ample green space for outdoor activities. On busy days, parking is sufficient but restrooms may be less maintained. The park also supports hosting public events and private parties.
Reviews
I enjoyed myself because I expected it to be hot and humid being in the 90°+ . The wildlife was a pleasure and plenty trees to keep the sun out. Good location for a private party
A nice place to come walk, hike, run, relax or have a little picnic with your beloved ones. Really peaceful, full of green and with different tracks to follow if you want to.
Came here because this agency called nexgenlearningsolutions was having a pumpkin painting in the park so i brought my client and we had a very nice time. The ladies were so pleasant and nice to us and the networking was incredible! They told me they are even hiring teachers or aides etc that have lost their jobs due to the pandemic. They are good people and i plan on attending many other events they have. I found them on fb activities by the way.
I love coming here to trail run when I want do do a shorter 3.5 mile loop. I run the orange trail with my furry baby, and when I want to push to 4 miles, I’ll run an additional 2 loops on the orange/white trail. I usually come as soon as the sun is up because I enjoy the solitude. My only complaint, nothing to do with the trail itself, are folks who have their dogs off leash. Otherwise I love the trail because there are aren’t any serious elevation changes. It is rocky in lots of sections, which I usually feel afterwards (I use barefoot trail running sneakers), but all of the leaves that have fallen provide some cushion and my favorite part is running along the stream. The trail is pretty well marked although, I must have not been paying attention today because I found myself on the blue trail somehow. I run these trails often, so it wasn’t hard to find my way back to the orange trail without having to backtrack, but on a beautiful day, like today, I don’t mind getting a little lost and spending extra time out here.
We went on vet day and it was packed…. But after a while, we were able to get a table and a grill to use… The space is really big and also the parking lot.
The bathroom is a chemical and it was disgusting… That’s the only negative point…
Overall it was an awesome holiday!!