Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park · New Jersey

Upper Raceway Trail

0.3 mi of trail, end to end · 20 ft of descent · 89 ft–109 ft · gravel surface · trail class Fully Developed · hiking

Views

109 ft 91 ft · 0.3 mi high 109 ft

Along the way Overlook Park Amphitheater / Scenic Overlook

Trailhead Upper Raceway Trail Trailhead 110 ft Drive there

Other trails from the Upper Raceway Trail Trailhead

All 7 trails in Paterson Great Falls National Historical ParkFind a trailOn the parks mapPark on nps.gov

About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.