1
Makepeace Lake Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
13,199 acres22.2 mi of trail
NJ State Long Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hamilton
Hamilton, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 36% of Hamilton is conserved land, roughly 25,835 acres. There are about 45 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Makepeace Lake WMA (22.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hamilton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hamilton outdoors
Conserved land
36%
25,835 of 71,876 acres
Trails
45 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 29 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
916 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.2 mi
1.5 mi lanes · 3.7 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
Hamilton Preserve
Managed by New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
1,967 acres
Dog rules not recorded
3
Thompsontown Preserve
Managed by New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
232 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Estell Manor Park
Managed by Atlantic County Department of Public Works Division of Parks and Recreation
205 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 8 parks & preserves
- Gaskill Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Lenape Park West6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Pinelands Interpretive Center2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Lenape Park East3 ac
Who protects the land
25,835 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,851 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 241 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis23
- Basketball11
- Baseball7
- Soccer5
- Multi-sport3
- Cricket1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Hamilton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 35.9% | 45.0 mi | 8 |
| Egg Harbor | 12.1% | 66.9 mi | 13 |
| Weymouth | 15% | 6.9 mi | 2 |
| Galloway | 28% | 65.5 mi | 7 |
| Estell Manor | 64.5% | 61.3 mi | 6 |
| Buena Vista | 10.7% | 28.6 mi | 4 |
| Mullica | 29.9% | 59.4 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hamilton'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 45.9-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.