1
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
15,068 acres4.5 mi of trail
Bristow TrailJen's TrailGreat CreekAkers Woodland TrailPink Connector
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Galloway
Galloway, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Galloway is conserved land, roughly 20,437 acres. There are about 66 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (4.5 mi), Patriot Lake Park (0.7 mi), and Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Galloway, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Galloway outdoors
Conserved land
28%
20,437 of 72,891 acres
Trails
66 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
538 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.2 mi
1.8 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Patriot Lake Park
Park
37 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
Managed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
33,115 acres0.6 mi of trail
Bristow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Brigantine Wilderness
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5,816 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
20,437 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 167 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 139 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 paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Seaview Trails (bike route)21.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis34
- Baseball13
- Soccer10
- Basketball10
- Multi-sport4
- Football3
- Beach volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Galloway and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galloway | 28% | 65.5 mi | 7 |
| Port Republic | 35% | 4.8 mi | 3 |
| Egg Harbor | 12.1% | 66.9 mi | 13 |
| Brigantine | 44.4% | 6.5 mi | 4 |
| Atlantic City | 8.8% | 7.6 mi | 21 |
| Bass River | 44.7% | 144.2 mi | 8 |
| Little Egg Harbor | 34.2% | 92.7 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Galloway'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 50.9-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.