1
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
Managed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
8,003 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Long Beach
Long Beach, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.5% of Long Beach is conserved land, roughly 1,323 acres. There are about 3.0 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Long Beach, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Long Beach outdoors
Conserved land
9.5%
1,323 of 14,000 acres
Trails
3.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
421 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
13.9 mi
7.3 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
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1,205 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Brigantine Wilderness
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
273 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Clam Cove Reserve
Nature preserve
30 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
1,323 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes7.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis38
- Pickleball6
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Long Beach and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | 9.5% | 3.0 mi | 6 |
| Stafford | 52.3% | 64.0 mi | 13 |
| Ocean | 18.3% | 30.0 mi | 9 |
| Eagleswood | 56.3% | 25.9 mi | 6 |
| Little Egg Harbor | 34.2% | 92.7 mi | 10 |
| Beach Haven | 3% | 0.9 mi | 7 |
| Barnegat Light | 2.5% | 5.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Long Beach'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 43.4-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.