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Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
1,076 acres6.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lower
Lower, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 34% of Lower is conserved land, roughly 6,679 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Higbee Beach WMA (6.2 mi), Cape May Point State Park (3 mi), and Garrett Family Preserve (2.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lower, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lower outdoors
Conserved land
34%
6,679 of 19,778 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
304 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.8 mi
7.3 mi lanes · 4.8 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
Cape May Point State Park
Nature preserve
246 acres3 mi of trail
Plover TrailMonarch TrailCattail TrailRaptor Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Garrett Family Preserve
Nature preserve
47 acres2.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
South Cape May Meadows
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
181 acres1.8 mi of trail
East TrailEast Trail SpurMain TrailState Park Connection TrailDune Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
5
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
257 acres0.8 mi of trail
Northern Dune TrailSouthern Dune TrailMarsh Boardwalk TrailCentral Dune Trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 10 parks & preserves
- Shorebirds Tolz Beach Preserve9 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area2,454 ac · Directions
- Cape May County Park South - Fishing Creek Wildlife Preserve562 ac
- Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area326 ac
- Diamond Beach Park1 ac
Who protects the land
6,679 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 390 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 16 of 178 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes7.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Baseball7
- Basketball6
- Tracks4
- Soccer2
- Football2
- Pickleball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Lower and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | 33.8% | 19.5 mi | 10 |
| Cape May | 15.5% | 1.7 mi | 5 |
| Middle | 45.9% | 24.8 mi | 8 |
| Wildwood Crest | 15.9% | 1.2 mi | 5 |
| West Cape May | 21% | 0.1 mi | 2 |
| Cape May Point | 17% | 1.0 mi | 3 |
| Wildwood | 12.8% | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lower'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 24.2-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.