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Brandywine Park
Park
170 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Wilmington
Wilmington, DE parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.6% of Wilmington is conserved land, roughly 498 acres. There are about 8.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Brandywine Park (2.2 mi), Cool Springs East Park (0.7 mi), and Canby Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wilmington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wilmington outdoors
Conserved land
4.6%
498 of 10,945 acres
Trails
8.9 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
46
7 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.7 mi
1.8 mi lanes · 1.6 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
Cool Springs East Park
Park
6 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Canby Park
Managed by City of Wilmington
32 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Kosciuszko Park
Park
7 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Cool Springs Park
Park
7 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Brown Burton Winchester Park
Managed by City of Wilmington
24 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Speakman Park
Park
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Tilton Park
Park
3 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 46 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 46 parks & preserves
Brandywine Park170 acres · 2.2 mi of trail
Cool Springs East Park6 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Canby Park32 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · City of Wilmington
Kosciuszko Park7 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Cool Springs Park7 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Brown Burton Winchester Park24 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City of Wilmington
Speakman Park12 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Tilton Park3 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Rockford Park83 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Kirkwood Park8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Wilmington
Who protects the land
498 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 31 of 76 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball46
- Tennis32
- Baseball26
- Soccer11
- Football5
- Softball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Wilmington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | 4.6% | 8.9 mi | 46 |
| Carneys Point | 7% | 0.7 mi | 3 |
| Pennsville | 24.2% | 3.4 mi | 5 |
| Edgemoor | 4.8% | 0.1 mi | 3 |
| Elsmere | 13.2% | 1.2 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wilmington'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.