Wharton State Forest
Managed by New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
288 acres1.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
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Outdoors in Atco
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Atco
About 7.8% of Atco is conserved land, roughly 488 acres. There are about 3.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wharton State Forest (1.4 mi).
Conserved land
7.8%
488 of 6,224 acres
Trails
3.3 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
60 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Wharton State Forest, with 1.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
2 places to go in Atco
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Atco
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
488 conserved acres
Who manages Atco’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land449 ac
County225 ac
State natural resources111 ac
Town or city35 ac
Not recorded106 ac
Agricultural Easement · 449 acLocal Conservation Area · 230 acState Resource Management Area · 207 acLocal Other or Unknown · 31 acLocal Recreation Area · 9 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 221 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 40 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wharton State Forest State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 207 | Open |
| Camden County Preserve Local Conservation Area | County | 110 | Open |
| Dimeglio Local Conservation Area | County | 53 | Open |
| Medford Road Local Conservation Area | County | 52 | Open |
| Waterford Township Unknown Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Atco Lake Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | Not recorded | 10 | Open |
| Randanella Farm Local Other or Unknown | County | 10 | Open |
| Thomas Richards Recreation Complex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Muncipal Park Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Municipal Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
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Goshen Pond Trail (white)Bike route
0.8 mi🚲
Sleeper Creek Trail (blue)Bike route
0.8 mi🚲
Burnt Mill Trail (red0Bike route
0.8 miCourts & fields
3Baseball
2Beach volleyball
2Soccer
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Next door
Atco and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Atco | 7.8% | 1 |
| Waterford Township | 3.1% | 1 |
| Medford Township | 31.9% | 4 |
| Evesham Township | 20.9% | 6 |
| Berlin | 8.5% | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Atco neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.