Spring Ahead Walk: XNJ

Kicking off the Cross-Jersey Challenge with an old favorite. Time to get moving again! Part of the 100-mile Cross-Jersey Challenge.

Start: Trenton Transit Center

Finish: Princeton Station, Princeton, NJ

Distance: 14mi

Return: train or bus

Coordinator: Charles Updike,916-225-0569

Transit: Arrive via NJTransit or Septa. Return via NJTransit. Walkers finish at about the same time and hop on the train or walk into town and return to Trenton on the 606 bus.

Parking: Free parking is available at the Princeton train station. Best parking in Trenton is across the street at the Riverline parking lot, $7.

This year we will head north after Calhoun Street, cross the Roebling pedestrian bridge into Stacy Park, and enjoy a more natural course through Trenton.

A 14-mile walk from city to country. This half day event along with the 28-mile Great Canal Walk covers the distance from Trenton to New Brunswick along the D&R Canal which one can choose to complete in one day on the Great Canal Walk. This first leg, the Spring Ahead Walk traditionally is a casual walk to size up the trail and get back into your walking groove. The walking event, like nearly all FreeWalks, is free and open to anyone.

The FreeWalkers are again offering the Cross-Jersey Walking Challenge, with a goal of walking the 100 miles of the East Coast Greenway across the entire state at any time during the year. This walk is part of the ECG trail from Trenton to New York City. You have the option of completing the challenge over three to five days.

Highlights:

-Mill Hill Park

-Old Barracks

-State Capitol

-Roebling pedestrian bridge

-Stacy Park

-Battle of Trenton Monument

-D and R Canal towpath

Spring 2026 Cross Jersey Challenge

Mar 21 Spring Ahead Walk (optional) 14mi

Apr 11 Great Canal Walk 28/40mi

Apr 19 Kruimer Walk 13mi

Apr 25 Paul's Big Walk 24/50mi

Jun 13 Staten Island Marathon Walk (optional) 22/26mi[summary / short sales copy]

Partners:

The East Coast Greenway Alliance is a non-profit organization developing a public multi-use 3,000 mile trail from Canada to Key West through New Jersey and New York. Donations and memberships help make this dream trail a reality.

Circuit Trails is 800 miles of interconnected trails in Greater Philadelphia in the making, already one of America's largest trail networks. Once connected, the Circuit Trails will be one of the nation's premier urban trail networks and it will provide multiple benefits to neighborhoods, communities and the region as a whole.

The FreeWalkers are again offering the Cross-Jersey Walking Challenge, with a goal of walking the 100 miles of the East Coast Greenway across the entire state at any time during the year. This walk is part of the ECG trail from Trenton to New York City.

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