Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 3.030% of St. Georges’ land is conserved: 270 acres
2.5 miles of mapped trail cross St. Georges, 1.8 per square mile of land. 88 acres are parks and preserves, 58 per 1,000 residents. 73% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is St. Georges?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does St. Georges have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, St. Georges is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.
Delaware towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 13%; the U.S., 4%), so St. Georges’ 30% is ahead of 89% of Delaware towns, while its trails per square mile lead 97% 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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270 conserved acres
30% of St. Georges’ land. Who manages St. Georges’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 66 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 9 of 11 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| C&D Canal Conservation Area State Conservation Area | Other state land | 86 | Open |
| C&D Canal Wildlife Area State Wilderness | State fish & wildlife | 59 | Open |
| Saint Georges Crossing Private Conservation | County | 44 | Unknown |
| Colton Meadow Private Conservation | County | 35 | Unknown |
| Antrim Private Conservation | County | 17 | Unknown |
| Barbs Farm Private Conservation | County | 13 | Unknown |
| Northern View Private Conservation | County | 2 | Unknown |
2 places to go in St. Georges
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
1.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in St. Georges: April, May 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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 82 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in St. Georges →
Questions about parks and trails in St. Georges
How much of St. Georges 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 St. Georges’ trails?
Saint Georges Trailhead doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in St. Georges?
1.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of painted or protected lanes, 0.6 of off-road paths and 0.9 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near St. Georges?
21,513 acres of parks and open public land lie inside St. Georges or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 94 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does St. Georges have?
Ahead of 94% 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 St. Georges 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 →