The 2,065-acre 2,065-acreeservation in neighboring Mountainside offers hiking and horseback trails, fishing streams and a nature center.
A hundred miles of hiking and horseback trails crisscross the park and are mostly "left natural and unmarked," according to the visitors' guide.
The government, in a sign of confidence that detractors say is bizarre, has begun working on a tourism plan to lure outsiders to the mountains and hiking and horseback trails.
By day, the attractions include horseback riding, trail walks and a sauna that overlooks a small lake with a boathouse offering canoes and kayaks.
The park also includes the Long Creek Reservoir and Lakeview Municipal Golf Course, along with nature trails, a jogging and walking track, biking paths, horseback riding trails, pavilions, picnic facilities, boat ramps, paddle boats, concessions, and fishing.
In the five boroughs of New York City, there are 12 full golf courses, five horseback riding trails and 17 skateboard parks.
Chastain Park, also nearby, has a golf course, tennis courts, pool, ball fields, horseback riding trails and an amphitheater where the city orchestra plays.
Miles of horseback riding trails are open to the public in county and state parks throughout the region; literally hundreds of miles of additional trails are maintained by equestrian associations and are open to their members for an annual fee.
Town officials like the plans and are working with the developer to determine specific times when the proposed 18-hole golf course, swimming pool, clubhouse with banquet facilities, hiking and horseback riding trails would be open to the public.
