The Lenape trail traverses Newark and its suburbs, as well as the Watchung Mountains and Passaic Meadows.
[3] Leaving Newark the trail continues west through Belleville, Nutley, Bloomfield, Montclair, Cedar Grove, Verona, West Orange, and Roseland traversing the Watchung Mountains before reaching its western terminus at the Passaic River.
After traveling north through Branch Brook Park, the trail follows sidewalks and aqueducts through Belleville and Nutley before crossing over the Garden State Parkway on a pedestrian bridge.
The trail travels through Bloomfield partially through parks and along Watchung Avenue before crossing Brookdale Park, passing Applegate Farm, crossing the Montclair-Boonton Line and entering the Mills Reservation.
[5] The Lenape Trail continues west across the Morristown and Erie Railway tracks and passes under I-280.