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Belleplain State Forest
Nature preserve
6,058 acres32 mi of trail
Mountain Bike TrailEast Creek TrailSeashore Line TrailGoosekill TrailMeisle Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Dennis
Dennis, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 59% of Dennis is conserved land, roughly 23,867 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Belleplain State Forest (32 mi) and Dennis Creek WMA (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dennis, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dennis outdoors
Conserved land
59%
23,867 of 40,704 acres
Trails
50 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 44 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
3,846 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.5 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
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
4,249 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
3,136 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
2,663 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 10 parks & preserves
Belleplain State Forest6,058 acres · 32 mi of trail
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area4,249 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge2,663 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Peaslee Wildlife Management Area13 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area3,136 acres
Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area1,202 acres · New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife
Dennis Township Wetland Restoration Site587 acres · PSEG Estuary Enhancement Program
Eldora Nature Preserve230 acres · The Nature Conservancy
Heislerville Wildlife Management Area47 acres · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Dennis Township Recreation Center20 acres
Who protects the land
23,867 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,663 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 28 of 229 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 paths2.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Mountain Bike Trail (bike route)9.6 mi
- East Creek Trail (bike route)6.4 mi
- Seashore Line Trail (bike route)3.1 mi
- Tom Field Trail (bike route)1.9 mi
- Kalker's Pond Trail (bike route)1.7 mi
- Turtle Walk Trail (bike route)1.4 mi
- Dundrea Trail (bike route)1.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball10
- Basketball6
- Tennis3
- Pickleball1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Dennis and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | 58.6% | 50.4 mi | 10 |
| Middle | 45.9% | 24.8 mi | 8 |
| Maurice River | 57% | 55.6 mi | 10 |
| Upper | 50.9% | 20.1 mi | 8 |
| Sea Isle City | 33.7% | 1.6 mi | 1 |
| Woodbine | 9% | 3.5 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dennis'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 41.2-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.