This shapefile is intended as a master shapefile of non-Circuit trails in DVRPC's four New Jersey counties. It was compiled by DVRPC using several sources including county open data portals, PDF park and trail maps available online, and Google Maps' trails layer. Trails were corrected and verified manually using leaf-off Nearmap and Google imagery as well as PDF maps and Strava.com where aerial imagery was not sufficient.

trail_name: The trail name field was inherited from individual source shapefiles and edited when necessary. Where possible, trail_name represents the official name of the trail. In the case that official names were not available, descriptive, colloquial names were added.

county: This field refers to the county the trail exists in.

owner: This field refers to the agency/organization responsible for the trail.

surface_type: The surface_type field includes the primary surface material based on the following categories:

• Crushed Stone/Gravel, Dirt, Grass, Paved (includes asphalt, concrete, and other hard surfaces), Stone Dust, and Varies (in the case where a trail is composed of more than one surface material)

multi_use: This field indicates whether a trail is suitable for more than one use, e.g. walking, hiking, biking, horseback riding, etc. Where possible, the width of trails was measured to determine compliance with AASHTO standards.

verif_status: This field indicates whether the trail segment is fully verified. For records that were able to be verified, this field contains the value 'Verified'. For records that were not able to be verified, this field is left blank.

verif_by: This refers to the individual who edited and/or verified the trail segment.

verif_date: Date of verification

comments_dvrpc: This field contains notes from the DVRPC planner/analyst about any issues or observations regarding the trail segment and its verification.