A concrete mile marker still points toward Jersey City, but no train is coming. Instead, footsteps crunch over gravel where locomotives once carried North Jersey commuters.
The West Essex Trail threads through Verona and Cedar Grove on an abandoned railroad bed, slipping behind neighborhoods, beneath leafy branches, and across old bridges before reaching the Passaic County line.
It is nearly level, refreshingly shaded, and packed with the kind of details that make a short walk feel like a real discovery…