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Towns with the most conserved land in New Jersey

Ranked by the share of the town's area that is permanently protected: town forests, state and federal land, land-trust preserves and conservation easements (USGS PAD-US). 41 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Berkeley
New Jersey · Most conserved land

Where Berkeley lands: #7 of 41

36.9% · Visit Berkeley →

Maurice River 1 Maurice River Cumberland County 57% Conserved acres 34,797 Chesterfield 2 Chesterfield Burlington County 56.7% Conserved acres 7,738 Upper Freehold 3 Upper Freehold Monmouth County 54.4% Conserved acres 16,411
#TownConserved landConserved acresTrails
1 Maurice River Maurice RiverCumberland County · 5,350 people 57% 34,797 55.6 mi
2 Chesterfield ChesterfieldBurlington County · 9,150 people 56.7% 7,738 0.9 mi
3 Upper Freehold Upper FreeholdMonmouth County · 7,250 people 54.4% 16,411 53.5 mi
4 Stafford StaffordOcean County · 29,834 people 52.3% 18,206 64.0 mi
5 Upper Pittsgrove Upper PittsgroveSalem County · 3,466 people 47% 12,091 0.2 mi
6 South Harrison South HarrisonGloucester County · 3,428 people 38.8% 3,936 0.3 mi
7 Berkeley BerkeleyOcean County · 44,634 people 36.9% 12,758 70.3 mi
8 Clinton ClintonHunterdon County · 13,350 people 33% 7,116 32.4 mi
9 Holland HollandHunterdon County · 5,204 people 32% 4,878 14.7 mi
10 Map of Mendham MendhamMorris County · 6,018 people 27.4% 3,142 40.5 mi
11 Franklin FranklinSomerset County · 68,907 people 25.9% 7,727 58.2 mi
12 Andover AndoverSussex County · 5,801 people 22.8% 3,019 36.7 mi
13 Hamilton HamiltonMercer County · 92,506 people 19.2% 4,927 22.3 mi
14 Spring Lake Spring Lake2,779 people 18.1% 202 2.9 mi
15 Independence IndependenceWarren County · 5,536 people 17.8% 2,265 10.0 mi
16 Map of Mantua MantuaGloucester County · 15,404 people 16.4% 1,680 12.7 mi
17 Wildwood Crest Wildwood Crest3,077 people 15.9% 150 1.2 mi
18 Carlstadt Carlstadt6,378 people 12.6% 337 0.1 mi
19 Woodland Park Woodland Park13,355 people 10.9% 213 10.5 mi
20 Buena Vista Buena VistaAtlantic County · 7,103 people 10.4% 2,758 28.6 mi
21 Bernardsville Bernardsville7,916 people 9.1% 747 8.5 mi
22 Voorhees VoorheesCamden County · 31,191 people 8.9% 660 2.0 mi
23 Atlantic City38,632 people 8.8% 963 7.6 mi
24 Westville Westville4,310 people 8.6% 74 0.4 mi
25 Cresskill Cresskill9,174 people 8.2% 108 0.9 mi
26 Map of Point Pleasant Beach Point Pleasant Beach4,855 people 8.1% 90 1.4 mi
27 Burlington BurlingtonBurlington County · 24,127 people 7.9% 707 2.6 mi
28 Hillsdale Hillsdale10,144 people 7.5% 139 1.8 mi
29 Carneys Point Carneys PointSalem County · 8,665 people 7% 797 0.7 mi
30 Deerfield DeerfieldCumberland County · 3,160 people 6.6% 712 0.7 mi
31 Cinnaminson CinnaminsonBurlington County · 17,415 people 6.5% 331 2.2 mi
32 Washington WashingtonGloucester County · 49,220 people 6.3% 868 6.1 mi
33 Pleasantville Pleasantville20,712 people 5.8% 269 1.5 mi
34 Little Silver Little Silver6,105 people 5.1% 108 3.4 mi
35 Long Branch Long Branch32,530 people 4.3% 173 6.6 mi
36 Roselle Park Roselle Park14,093 people 4% 31 0.0 mi
37 Somers Point Somers Point10,515 people 3.8% 128 5.3 mi
38 Haddon Heights Haddon Heights7,516 people 3.7% 37 1.1 mi
39 Piscataway PiscatawayMiddlesex County · 61,297 people 3% 362 13.6 mi
40 Emerson Emerson7,305 people 1.8% 28 4.2 mi
41 Midland Park Midland Park7,019 people 1.5% 15 0.0 mi

How this ranking works

We rank every town by the share of the town's area that is permanently protected: town forests, state and federal land, land-trust preserves and conservation easements (USGS PAD-US). Easements protect land from development but are often private, so not all of it is open to visitors. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US. Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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