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Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area
Managed by Ocean County Parks Department
2,257 acres8.7 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Ocean
Ocean, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Ocean is conserved land, roughly 3,793 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area (8.7 mi) and Greenwood Forest WMA (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ocean, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ocean outdoors
Conserved land
18%
3,793 of 20,727 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
421 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.0 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.
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Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
365 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Island Beach State Park
Nature preserve
517 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
188 acres
Dog rules not recorded
All 9 parks & preserves
Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area2,257 acres · 8.7 mi of trail · Ocean County Parks Department
Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area365 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Wells Mills County Park41 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Island Beach State Park517 acres
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge188 acres · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Sedge Islands Wildlife Management Area172 acres
Barnegat Branch Trail13 acres
Lochiel Creek County Park2 acres · Ocean County Parks & Recreation
Sands Point Park2 acres · Ocean Township Parks & Recreation
Who protects the land
3,793 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 62 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 68 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 paths3.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Pickleball10
- Baseball5
- Basketball4
- Tennis2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Ocean and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean | 18.3% | 30.0 mi | 9 |
| Lacey | 53.2% | 192.5 mi | 10 |
| Berkeley | 36.9% | 70.3 mi | 11 |
| Barnegat | 41.2% | 50.8 mi | 7 |
| Long Beach | 9.5% | 3.0 mi | 6 |
| Barnegat Light | 2.5% | 5.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ocean'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 26.5-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.