Photo: Roland Balik · Public domainVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Dover Base Housing
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 4.4 miles of mapped trail cross Dover Base Housing, 5.9 per square mile of land. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns · #24 of 37 in Delaware. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Dover Base Housing?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Dover Base Housing have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dover Base Housing is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns, #24 of 37 in Delaware. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Delaware towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 13%; the U.S., 4%), so Dover Base Housing’s 1% is ahead of 0% of Delaware towns, while its trails per square mile lead 100% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Liberty Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
5 conserved acres
1% of Dover Base Housing’s land. Who manages Dover Base Housing’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
18 places to go in Dover Base Housing
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
18 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Dover Base Housing: 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 | 73 | 82 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dover Base Housing →
Dover Base Housing and its neighbors
Dover Base Housing has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Base Housing | 1% | 5.9 | under 1 | 99%+ | B |
| Dover | 16% | 0.2 | 21 | 93% | A− |
| Rising Sun-Lebanon | 18% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 26% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Dover Base Housing
Where can I hike in Dover Base Housing?
The longest trail networks: Liberty Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Dover Base Housing is conserved land?
1% 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 Dover Base Housing’s trails?
Liberty Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dover Base Housing?
13,658 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dover Base Housing or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dover Base Housing have?
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #24 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 Dover Base Housing neighbors.
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 →