1
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
4,895 acres3.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Middle
Middle, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 46% of Middle is conserved land, roughly 24,233 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (3.7 mi), Cape May County Park & Zoo (1.8 mi), and Dennis Creek WMA (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middle, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middle outdoors
Conserved land
46%
24,233 of 52,788 acres
Trails
25 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
1,195 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
21.8 mi
6.5 mi lanes · 12.1 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 County Park & Zoo
Park
117 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
3,264 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
7,570 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- The Wetlands Institute30 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area1,797 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cape May County Park South - Fishing Creek Wildlife Preserve762 ac
- Stone Harbor Point19 ac
Who protects the land
24,233 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,632 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 43 of 237 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes6.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis12
- Baseball12
- Soccer7
- Basketball7
- Pickleball4
- Multi-sport2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Middle and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 45.9% | 24.8 mi | 8 |
| Dennis | 58.6% | 50.4 mi | 10 |
| Avalon | 57.1% | 4.2 mi | 3 |
| North Wildwood | 10.4% | 1.7 mi | 3 |
| Lower | 33.8% | 19.5 mi | 10 |
| Stone Harbor | 13.8% | 2.2 mi | 3 |
| Wildwood | 12.8% | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middle'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 39.7-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.