About Us

Thanks for your interest in the Readington Trail Association!

Readington Trail Association (RTA) members can be anyone who enjoys riding or hiking. Together, we work to preserve the rural atmosphere of Readington through establishing and maintaining many miles of beautiful trails throughout the Township. We also work to educate members, the local horse community and emergency responders about equinehealth, safety, and emergency planning.

RTA was established in 1994. We received our 501c3 status in january 2011 through the umbrella organization, Coalition for Animals.

In addition to maintaining existing trails in the township, we seek to form a contiguous trail network while maintaining the agricultural heritage of the land using both open space and private land access granted by landowners.

Our membership spans a diverse spectrum of disciplines from hiking, fox hunting, dressage and driving, to pleasure riding and competitive trail. Horseback riders are both English and Western.

As an organization of responsible citizens, we maintain a general liability policy for our members and landowners. Yearly dues is used to pay for insurance, trail maintenance, trail and road signage, public relations, supplies and postage. We also support Readington's 4 Firehouses, Police, and Rescue Squad as well as other local organizations in need such as Camp Brett Endeavor, Round Valley Youth Center, local horse rescue organizations, Animeals, and more through donations.

Sponsored Activities

We host a monthly ride and trail clearing and maintain this website with the latest club news and information. Each year, we organize, sponsor and/or participate in many activities as detailed below.

Host gymkhanas

Hold monthly club rides

Sponsor National Trails Events

Host joint trail rides with neighboring Trail Associations

Hold a festive holiday party

Run fall and spring beach rides at Island Beach State Park

Installed 18 sets of 25 mph horse and rider signs on municipal roads throughout the township

March, ride and drive in the Whitehouse Memorial Day Parade, and sponsor a booth at Community Day

Hold monthly trail clearings and maintain many many miles of trails throughout the township!

Hold our annual spring trail pace fundraiser and Fall Poker Ride/Costume Contest fundraiser.

Support open space inititives for passive recreation

Sponsored a township rescue worker to attend a 2 day training session on technical large animal rescue

Hold seminars with Readington’s firemen to share information about barn fire safety and rescue procedures

During winter months, we hold movie nights featuring natural horsemanship training techniques and horse stories

We continue to be very busy planning the events for the upcoming year.  Our meetings are held on the evening of the second Thursday of the month at varying locations.   Meeting info, upcoming events and membership forms are posted on the home page of this site.  We warmly welcome new members and encourage new members to join in!  Memberships run from January 1 through December 31 of each year.  Don’t forget to check out the calendar for other local rides and events.

Please click here for a downloadable membership form.

Or, click here to Contact Us. We would love to hear from you!