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Battery Park
Park
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · New Castle
New Castle, DE parks, trails & bike paths
About 25% of New Castle is conserved land, roughly 566 acres. There are about 3.8 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Castle, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Castle outdoors
Conserved land
25%
566 of 2,242 acres
Trails
3.8 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
101 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.8 mi
2.6 mi lanes · 4.2 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
Bull Hill Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
The Green
Park
3 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
First State National Historical Park
Park
1 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in New Castle
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Battery Park
Unnamed playground in Bull Hill Park
Who protects the land
566 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 15 of 24 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Basketball3
- Tennis3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in New Castle
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 456 acLocal Other or Unknown 53 acRecreation or Education Easement 44 acResearch or Educational Area 27 acLocal Park 19 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle Open SpacePrivate Conservation | Not recorded | 418 | Access unknown |
| Broad Dyke Wetlands Natural AreaLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 44 | Access unknown |
| Riverbend at Old New CastlePrivate Conservation | Town or city | 38 | Access unknown |
| New Castle Middle SchoolResearch or Educational Area | Not recorded | 16 | Access unknown |
| Industrial Track Greenway TrailState Other or Unknown | Other state land | 12 | Open |
| Robert J. Quillen Memorial FieldPrivate Other or Unknown | Private owners | 11 | Closed |
| Bull Hill ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 11 | Access unknown |
| Carrie Downie Elementary SchoolResearch or Educational Area | Not recorded | 10 | Access unknown |
| BoothhurstPrivate Conservation | Town or city | 7 | Access unknown |
| Dobbinsville ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Booker T Washington School No. 109CPlaque
Fort CasimirIn Bull Hill Park · Monument
Landing Place of William PennPlaque
New Castle - Frenchtown RailroadIn Battery Park · Monument
The River RoadPlaque
Votes For WomenPlaque
Glebe CemeteryCemetery
New Castle Presbyterian CemeteryCemetery
Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
New Castle and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle | 25.3% | 3.8 mi | 4 |
| Wilmington Manor | 10% | 0.5 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Castle'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.