East Newark Riverfront Park
Park
6 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in East Newark
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in East Newark
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross East Newark, 6.8 per square mile of land. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 2.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns · #353 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
1 acre · of 0.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
6.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
2.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is East Newark?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does East Newark have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, East Newark is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns, #353 of 468 in New Jersey. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of East Newark’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical NJ town 11% · U.S. 4%CTrails6.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NJ 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land2.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · NJ 25 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · NJ 98% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 68%
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New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 25%
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so East Newark’s 1% is ahead of 3% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 100% of them.
Water is 18% of East Newark’s area (0 of 0 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in East Newark. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ 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 East Newark Riverfront Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in East Newark
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in East Newark
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in East Newark: April to June, August and September
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 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 43 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 82 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 66 | 55 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in East Newark →
Next door
East Newark and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in East Newark
Where can I hike in East Newark?
The longest trail networks: East Newark Riverfront Park, 0.7 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of East Newark is conserved land?
1% 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.
Are dogs allowed on East Newark’s trails?
East Newark Riverfront Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near East Newark?
20,434 acres of parks and open public land lie inside East Newark or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does East Newark have?
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #353 of 468 in New Jersey. 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 East Newark 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 →