Valley Garden Park
Park
110 acres1.8 mi of trail
Hobbs Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Jacob Broom House · Photo: Template:Jack E. Boucher · Public domainB+Outdoors
Outdoors in Greenville
20% of Greenville’s land is conserved: 351 acres
162 acres are parks and preserves, 44 per 1,000 residents. The biggest trail networks: Valley Garden Park (1.8 mi). 1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Greenville, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 72% of U.S. towns · #16 of 37 in Delaware. What drives it
Conserved land
20%
351 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.8 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
162 ac
44 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
20%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.4 mi
1.3 mi lanes · 0.1 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Greenville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Greenville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Greenville is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns, #16 of 37 in Delaware. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Greenville’s overall grade.
Conserved land20% of the land · typical DE town 13% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · DE 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land44 acres of park per 1,000 residents (162 acres) · DE 10 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home20% of residents within a half mile of a park · DE 85% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 72%
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Delaware towns of 2,500+ (37)Ahead of 58%
Delaware towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 13%; the U.S., 4%), so Greenville’s 20% is ahead of 72% of Delaware towns, while its trails per square mile lead 64% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Valley Garden Park, with 1.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
351 conserved acres
20% of Greenville’s land. Who manages Greenville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County120 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits111 ac
State parks111 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government11 ac
Not recorded105 ac
Conservation Easement · 162 acPrivate Conservation · 120 acLocal Park · 93 acState Park · 61 acLocal Other or Unknown · 12 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 65 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 13 of 15 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Garden Park Local Park | Not recorded | 93 | Unknown |
| Hobbs Property State Park | State parks | 61 | Open |
| Applecross Private Conservation | County | 41 | Closed |
| Fairthorne Private Conservation | County | 34 | Unknown |
| Barley Mill Private Conservation | County | 30 | Unknown |
| Hoopes Reservoir Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 12 | Unknown |
| Ponds at Greenville Private Conservation | County | 7 | Unknown |
| Greenville Manor Private Conservation | County | 7 | Unknown |
| Montchanin Private Conservation | County | 2 | Unknown |
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.7 mi
Hobbs Trail0.5 mi
Biking & sports
1.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.3 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
12Tennis
2Baseball
2Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Greenville: April to June and August
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 44 | 52 | 64 | 74 | 82 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Greenville →
Questions about parks and trails in Greenville
Where can I hike in Greenville?
The longest trail networks: Valley Garden Park, 1.8 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Greenville is conserved land?
20% 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 Greenville’s trails?
Valley Garden Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Greenville?
1.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.3 of painted or protected lanes and 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Greenville?
20,228 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greenville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 162 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Greenville have?
Ahead of 72% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #16 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 Greenville 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 →