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Ceres Park & Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
265 acres7.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Mantua
Mantua, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Mantua is conserved land, roughly 1,680 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ceres Park & Nature Preserve (7.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mantua, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mantua outdoors
Conserved land
16%
1,680 of 10,241 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
109 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.3 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
Tall Pines State Preserve
Nature preserve
100 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Mantua
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 8.4 mi
- Mantua Creek Trail0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,680 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,105 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 105 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 paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer8
- Baseball7
- Tennis3
- Basketball3
- Beach volleyball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Mantua
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Agricultural Easement 2,068 acLocal Resource Management Area 192 acLocal Park 168 acLocal Conservation Area 154 acLocal Other or Unknown 102 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Branch ParkLocal Other or Unknown | Town or city | 236 | Open |
| Pitman Golf CourseLocal Resource Management Area | County | 149 | Open |
| Gloucester County Conservation AreaLocal Conservation Area | County | 122 | Open |
| Ceres ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 106 | Open |
| Tall Pines State PreserveState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 50 | Open |
| Gloucester County UnknownLocal Other or Unknown | County | 32 | Open |
| KammererLocal Conservation Area | County | 32 | Open |
| Mantua Township UnknownLocal Other or Unknown | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Sewell PlauygroundLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Wenonah CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Mantua and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantua | 16.4% | 12.7 mi | 2 |
| Washington | 6.3% | 6.1 mi | 5 |
| Deptford | 4.3% | 2.7 mi | 2 |
| West Deptford | 7.3% | 6.3 mi | 2 |
| Wenonah | 20.5% | 5.0 mi | 0 |
| Pitman | 2.3% | 1.8 mi | 5 |
| Harrison | 15.8% | 1.7 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mantua'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 20-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.