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DEDelaware rankings

Towns with the most trails in Delaware

Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 22 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Dover Base Housing 1 Dover Base Housing 5.5 mi / sq mi Trail miles 4.4 mi Map of Newark 2 Newark 1.5 mi / sq mi Trail miles 14.4 mi 3 North Star 1.4 mi / sq mi Trail miles 9.4 mi
#TownTrail miles per sq miTrail milesParks & preserves
1 Dover Base Housing Dover Base Housing2,962 people 5.5 mi / sq mi 4.4 mi 1
2 Map of Newark Newark30,330 people 1.5 mi / sq mi 14.4 mi 31
3 North Star7,834 people 1.4 mi / sq mi 9.4 mi 1
4 Elsmere Elsmere6,203 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 1.2 mi 6
5 Middletown Middletown24,661 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 15.9 mi 6
6 New Castle New Castle5,579 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 3.8 mi 4
7 Map of Highland Acres Highland Acres3,752 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 1.3 mi 1
8 Map of Pike Creek Valley Pike Creek Valley12,431 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 2.5 mi 4
9 Lewes Lewes3,505 people 0.8 mi / sq mi 4.2 mi 5
10 Map of Camden Camden4,106 people 0.8 mi / sq mi 3.0 mi 1
11 Georgetown Georgetown7,660 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 3.5 mi 3
12 Map of Greenville Greenville3,713 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 1.8 mi 1
13 Wilmington Wilmington71,727 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 8.9 mi 46
14 Map of Hockessin Hockessin13,439 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 5.0 mi 3
15 Glasgow Glasgow15,546 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 4.7 mi 3
16 Map of Bridgeville Bridgeville2,745 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 2.2 mi 1
17 Map of Ocean View Ocean View2,851 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 1.2 mi 2
18 Seaford Seaford8,485 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 2.1 mi 4
19 Map of Pike Creek Pike Creek7,129 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 1.1 mi 0
20 Milford Milford12,803 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 2.4 mi 12
21 Dover Dover39,837 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 5.6 mi 32
22 Bear Bear22,370 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.3 mi 5

How this ranking works

We rank every town by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. Paths, bridleways, woods roads and footways in parks count; sidewalks don't. Towns need at least a mile of trail to be ranked. Trails come from OpenStreetMap, so a well-mapped town can edge out an equally trail-rich one that's mapped less thoroughly. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US. Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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