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 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Brooklawn
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 28 acres are parks and preserves, 16 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Brooklawn’s land is conserved, about 8 acres.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Brooklawn?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Brooklawn have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brooklawn is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Brooklawn’s 2% is ahead of 13% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of them.
Water is 8% of Brooklawn’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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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8 conserved acres
2% of Brooklawn’s land. Water is left out: Brooklawn has 0.5 square miles of land and 0.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Brooklawn’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballfields and Playground Local Park | Not recorded | 8 | Open |
| Brooklawn Borough Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| unknown Local Park | Not recorded | 4 | Open |
3 places to go in Brooklawn
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 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 lakes & rivers
0.1 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 Brooklawn: 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) | 42 | 45 | 53 | 65 | 74 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 67 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brooklawn →
Brooklawn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklawn | 2% | under 0.1 | 16 | 99%+ | B− |
| Gloucester City | 1% | 0.5 | 8 | 99%+ | B |
| Westville | 12% | 0.4 | 18 | 99%+ | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Brooklawn
How much of Brooklawn is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 11% for a New Jersey town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Where can I bike in Brooklawn?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Brooklawn?
17,078 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brooklawn or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Brooklawn have?
Ahead of 50% 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 Brooklawn 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 →