8% of Highland Acres’ land is conserved: 77 acres
1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Highland Acres, 0.9 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Tibury Park (0.5 mi). 29 acres are parks and preserves, 7.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns · #21 of 37 in Delaware. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Highland Acres?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Highland Acres have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Highland Acres is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #21 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 Highland Acres’ 8% is ahead of 22% of Delaware towns, while its trails per square mile lead 81% 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
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Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Tibury Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
77 conserved acres
8% of Highland Acres’ land. Who manages Highland Acres’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 7 of 9 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Lake State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 49 | Unknown |
| Tidbury Creek County Park Local Park | Not recorded | 26 | Unknown |
| Twelve Oaks Private Conservation | County | 9 | Unknown |
| Stone Ridge Private Conservation | County | 5 | Unknown |
| Royal Grant Local Other or Unknown | County | 4 | Unknown |
| Pleasant Hill Private Conservation | County | 3 | Unknown |
| Old Mill Acres Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
4 places to go in Highland Acres
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 lakes & rivers
0.4 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 Highland Acres: 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) | 3.2 | 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 Highland Acres →
Highland Acres and its neighbors
Highland Acres has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Acres | 8% | 0.9 | 8 | 75% | B+ |
| Rising Sun-Lebanon | 18% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 26% | C− |
| Camden | 9% | 0.8 | 17 | 47% | B+ |
| Rodney Village | 55% | under 0.1 | 51 | 99%+ | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Highland Acres
Where can I hike in Highland Acres?
The longest trail networks: Tibury Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Highland Acres is conserved land?
8% 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 Highland Acres’ trails?
Tibury Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Highland Acres?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Highland Acres?
14,159 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Highland Acres or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Highland Acres have?
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #21 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 Highland Acres 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 →