School Lane Park
Managed by Town of Cheswold
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Hoffecker-Lockwood House · Photo: Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard, Photographer · Public domainBOutdoors
Outdoors in Cheswold
30% of Cheswold’s land is conserved: 385 acres
86% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 1.9 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Cheswold, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 58% of U.S. towns · #29 of 37 in Delaware. What drives it
Conserved land
30%
385 acres · of 2.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
1.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
86%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Cheswold?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cheswold have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cheswold is ahead of 58% of U.S. towns, #29 of 37 in Delaware. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cheswold’s overall grade.
Conserved land30% of the land · typical DE town 13% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · DE 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land1.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · DE 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home86% of residents within a half mile of a park · DE 85% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 58%
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Delaware towns of 2,500+ (37)Ahead of 22%
Delaware towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 13%; the U.S., 4%), so Cheswold’s 30% is ahead of 92% of Delaware towns, while its trails per square mile lead 25% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Cheswold. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
385 conserved acres
30% of Cheswold’s land. Who manages Cheswold’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city343 ac
County39 ac
Other state land4 ac
Private Conservation · 378 acLocal Park · 3 acState Other or Unknown · 2 acAgricultural Easement · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 6 of 8 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kowinsky Farm Private Conservation | Town or city | 325 | Unknown |
| Village of Nobles Pond Private Conservation | County | 39 | Unknown |
| Parkers Run Private Conservation | Town or city | 13 | Unknown |
| Cheswold Town Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Delaware Airpark State Other or Unknown | Other state land | 2 | Open |
| Stonington Private Conservation | Town or city | 2 | Unknown |
Things to do
1 places to go in Cheswold
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Community gardens in Cheswold
1 community garden without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Cheswold: April to June
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 46 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 82 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cheswold →
Questions about parks and trails in Cheswold
How much of Cheswold is conserved land?
30% of its land, against a typical 13% for a Delaware town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Cheswold’s trails?
School Lane Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cheswold?
18,292 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cheswold or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cheswold have?
Ahead of 58% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #29 of 37 in Delaware. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Cheswold neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →