One of the premier rail trails in the skylands is the sussex branch trail. Formerly the sussex branch of the delaware, lackawanna, and western railroad, this line is steeped in history as well as … The sussex branch trail is a 21. 2-mile trail that runs between branchville and byram in northern new jersey.

The trail transects swamps, lakes, fields and several small communities. There are many features of the trail's former life as a railroad, including cuts through bedrock, underpasses for farm equipment and …