1
Lewes Canal Front Park and Marina
Park
4 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lewes
Lewes, DE parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Lewes is conserved land, roughly 1,050 acres. There are about 4.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lewes Canal Front Park and Marina (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lewes, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lewes outdoors
Conserved land
32%
1,050 of 3,269 acres
Trails
4.2 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
300 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.7 mi
4.5 mi lanes · 6.1 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Cape Henlopen State Park
Nature preserve
318 acres
Dog rules not recorded
3
George H.P. Smith Park
Park
15 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lewes Little League Fields
Park
6 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
- Zwaanendael Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
Who protects the land
1,050 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 20 of 28 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis7
- Baseball4
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lewes's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (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.