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Dix Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
5,207 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Fairfield
Fairfield, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 41% of Fairfield is conserved land, roughly 11,423 acres. There are about 5.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dix WMA (2.3 mi), Cohansey River WMA (0.8 mi), and PSEG Green Swamp Nature Area (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Fairfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Fairfield outdoors
Conserved land
41%
11,423 of 27,899 acres
Trails
5.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
2,107 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Cohansey River Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
135 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
PSEG Green Swamp Nature Area
Managed by PSEG Estuary Enhancement Program
495 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Richard Buhlman Preserve
Managed by New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
205 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Dix Wildlife Management Area5,207 acres · 2.3 mi of trail · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Cohansey River Wildlife Management Area135 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
PSEG Green Swamp Nature Area495 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · PSEG Estuary Enhancement Program
Richard Buhlman Preserve205 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
Delaware Bay Shore Preserve2,615 acres · Wildlife Preserves
Buckshutem Wildlife Management Area2,265 acres · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
New Sweden Wildlife Management Area362 acres · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Clarks Pond Wildlife Management Area317 acres · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Lummis Pond Preserve146 acres · The Nature Conservancy
Kings End Preserve20 acres · New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
Who protects the land
11,423 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,231 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 131 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Tennis3
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Fairfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Fairfield'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 36.9-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.