1
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1,955 acres1.7 mi of trail
Wood Duck Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Wood Duck Trail Parking
Outdoors · Wantage
Wantage, NJ parks, trails & bike paths
About 33% of Wantage is conserved land, roughly 13,992 acres. There are about 28 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (1.7 mi) and Stokes State Forest (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wantage, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wantage outdoors
Conserved land
33%
13,992 of 42,931 acres
Trails
28 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
1,279 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 0.0 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.
2
Stokes State Forest
Nature preserve
260 acres0.9 mi of trail
Appalachian TrailBlue Mountain Connector Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Congleton Preserve
Managed by New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
173 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Papakating Creek Preserve
Managed by New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
137 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
13,992 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 6,905 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 12 of 271 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Wantage and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wantage'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 34.2-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.