Few parks or trails are on the map in Kent Acres
8% of Kent Acres’ land is conserved, about 45 acres. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 7.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Kent Acres, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Kent Acres have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kent Acres is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Delaware towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 13%; the U.S., 4%), so Kent Acres’ 8% is ahead of 24% of Delaware towns, while its trails per square mile lead 22% of them.
Water is 9% of Kent Acres’ area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 8%.
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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45 conserved acres
8% of Kent Acres’ land. Water is left out: Kent Acres has 0.8 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Kent Acres’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 5 of 8 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Lake State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 20 | Unknown |
| Saint Jones Commons Local Other or Unknown | County | 12 | Unknown |
| Wolf Creek Private Conservation | County | 7 | Unknown |
| Saint Jones River Open Space State Conservation Area | State conservation | 6 | Open |
| Route 13 Open Space State Other or Unknown | Other state land | 4 | Open |
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 Kent 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) | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 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 Kent Acres →
Kent Acres and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Acres | 8% | 0.1 | 7 | 59% | C+ |
| Dover | 16% | 0.2 | 21 | 93% | A− |
| Highland Acres | 8% | 0.9 | 8 | 75% | B+ |
| Rodney Village | 55% | under 0.1 | 51 | 99%+ | A− |
| Camden | 9% | 0.8 | 17 | 47% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Kent Acres
How much of Kent 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.
Is there public land near Kent Acres?
13,420 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kent Acres or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Kent Acres have?
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Kent 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 →