1
Wescott Preserve
Managed by Hunterdon County
181 acres2.4 mi of trail
Peter's TrailWescott TrailMimi's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Delaware
Delaware, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 34% of Delaware is conserved land, roughly 7,958 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wescott Preserve (2.4 mi), Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (1.8 mi), and Wickecheoke Preserve (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Delaware, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Delaware outdoors
Conserved land
34%
7,958 of 23,576 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
1,739 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.2 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
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
Managed by New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
635 acres1.8 mi of trail
White Oak Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Wickecheoke Preserve
Managed by New Jersey Conservation Foundation
107 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Bulls Island Recreation Area
Managed by NJDEP
73 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Sarah Dilts Farm Park
Managed by Delaware Township
47 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Zega-Lockatong Preserve
Managed by Hunterdon Land Trust
68 acres0.5 mi of trail
Mimi's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 7 parks & preserves
- Lockatong Wildlife Management Area150 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
7,958 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 5,812 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 102 of 343 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Delaware and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 33.8% | 10.8 mi | 7 |
| Raritan | 15.2% | 8.9 mi | 8 |
| Solebury | 36.4% | 9.6 mi | 11 |
| Stockton | 30% | 0.3 mi | 2 |
| East Amwell | 42.1% | 21.7 mi | 6 |
| West Amwell | 40.3% | 15.4 mi | 4 |
| Kingwood | 23% | 18.1 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Delaware'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 30.2-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.