Lawrence Trail Guide - Lawrence Township

5 67Village Park, Johnson Trolley Line North,and The Lawrenceville SchoolLocationBergen Street andYeger DriveDistance1.4 milesParkingEnter from Bergen,Yeger or Gordon Ave.AmenitiesDog run, picnic pavilion,playing fields, bathroomsVillage ParkLawrence Township purchased the 62 acres for Village Parkin 1970 and developed it in 1992. There are three lighted soccerfields and facilities for tennis, basketball, softball, volleyball,quoits, bocce and horseshoes as well as playgrounds foryoung children.A path for walking and biking runs through the park and is asection of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail, connecting BergenStreet and Keefe Road.LocationGordon Avenue toDenow RoadDistance1 mileParkingIn the village ofLawrencevilleJohnson Trolley Line NorthThe trail from Gordon Avenue to Denow Road follows the routeof the former Johnson “Fast Line” trolley, of the Trenton-PrincetonTraction Company which ran from Trenton to Princetonthrough the Main Street area of Lawrenceville. The former powersubstation for the line, now an office, is on Lawrenceville-Pennington Road.This portion of the former trolley line is about 1 mile in length.Part nature trail and part urban path, it cuts through residentialneighborhoods. Along this well-shaded trail you will find a standof bamboo plants and, opposite the former power substation, arow of red cedar trees.The Johnson Trolley Line carried passengers from 1901 until1940, when competition from bus service closed the trolley.The tracks were then used for freight until the construction ofInterstate 295 in the early seventies.LocationThe LawrencevilleSchool section of theLawrence HopewellTrail can be accessedfrom the Route 206gate next to the LawrencevillePresbyterianChurch at Gordon Avenue,and on LewisvilleRoad.DistanceLHT trail .8 mileParkingEnter from Rt. 206 orLewisville Road.The Lawrenceville SchoolFollow the green and black triangular LHT signs on white postsalong the tennis and golf facilities.Feel free to explore the historic campus and trees. The schoolwelcomes guests to explore the grounds but reserves the facilitiesfor student use. The Lawrenceville School was founded in 1810 Thecentral portion of the campus, called The Circle, was planned in1883 and planted in 1886 by Frederick Law Olmsted, America’sforemost Landscape Architect and creator of New York’s CentralPark. His vision for the trees was a “complete collection of treesthat could be grown in Central New Jersey…to serve as a combinedLibrary and Museum of Botany and Dendrology.”