Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain
Directions
From I-95 take exit 1 for NJ-29 North/River Road. Travel on NJ-29 for approximately 4.6 miles to Fiddlers Creek Road. Turn right, entrance 0.2 mile on left. Physical address: 327 Fiddlers Creek Road, Titusville, NJ. GPS Coordinates: 40.318174, -74.890237
Park Overview
Home of the "most aerobic hike" in Mercer County.
Trail Overview
Use the Web Map link on this site to view the clusters of trails in the eastern and western ends, connected by the Ridge Trail (white). In all there are five blazed trails, plus unmarked roads.
Click for a detailed description of a hike in the Preserve. Here is an enthusiastic description of the “most aerobic hike” in Mercer County.
Park Description
Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain is named to honor the Rutgers University professor of biological sciences who campaigned for nearly a decade to make the park a reality. (Baldpate Mountain was previously known as Kuser Mountain.)
At 470 feet, the peak of Baldpate Mountain is Mercer County’s highest elevation. The Preserve is home to an array of native plant communities and wildlife. Hikers will find a diverse, and in places a rugged, topography of mature forest and open meadows.