1.8 miles of trails in Dewey Beach
About 12% of Dewey Beach is conserved land, roughly 25 acres. There are about 1.8 miles of mapped trails.
What kind of outdoors town is Dewey Beach?
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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1 places to go in Dewey Beach
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1 lakes & rivers
25 conserved acres
Who manages Dewey Beach’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Beach State Other or Unknown | Town or city | 22 | Unknown |
| John Waples Memorial Playground Local Park | Not recorded | 2 | Unknown |
2.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Dewey Beach neighbors.
Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US. Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what’s typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren’t recorded.