1
Assawoman Canal
Managed by Delaware State Parks
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ocean View
Ocean View, DE parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Ocean View is conserved land, roughly 412 acres. There are about 1.2 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ocean View, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ocean View outdoors
Conserved land
23%
412 of 1,813 acres
Trails
1.2 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
145 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.9 mi
4.2 mi lanes · 1.8 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
John West Park
Park
4 acres
No dogsMapped 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 Ocean View
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in John West Park
Unnamed playground in John West Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
412 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 11 of 14 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis13
- Pickleball7
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Ocean View
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Other or Unknown 280 acPrivate Conservation 127 acLocal Park 20 acState Conservation Area 13 acState Park 2 ac
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Trap Dunes Golf ClubPrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 280 | Access unknown |
| Bear Trap DunesPrivate Conservation | Town or city | 63 | Access unknown |
| Fairway VillagePrivate Conservation | County | 29 | Closed |
| Hunters RunPrivate Conservation | Town or city | 16 | Access unknown |
| Assawoman CanalState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 14 | Access unknown |
| Avon ParkLocal Park | County | 14 | Open |
| Savannahs LandingPrivate Conservation | Not recorded | 9 | Access unknown |
| ReservesPrivate Conservation | County | 9 | Access unknown |
| Millville Community PlaygroundLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Country EstatesLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Access unknown |
History
Historic places to visit
John W. Johnson Sr. MemorialIn John West Park · Plaque
Ocean View Bocce Ball CourtIn John West Park · Plaque
Ocean View Post OfficeIn John West Park · Building · ~1889
Nearby
Ocean View and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean View | 22.7% | 1.2 mi | 2 |
| Millville | 2% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ocean View'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.