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Four Echelon Plaza, Voorhees Township, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Echelon

Few parks or trails are on the map in Echelon

4% of Echelon’s land is conserved, about 72 acres. 80 acres are parks and preserves, 6.0 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Echelon, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
72 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
80 ac
6.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
93%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.1 mi
3.0 mi lanes
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Round Hill Road Playground

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Carriagebrook Common Area

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

72 conserved acres

4% of Echelon’s land. Who manages Echelon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city57 ac
County15 ac
Local Conservation Area · 29 acLocal Resource Management Area · 19 acLocal Other or Unknown · 12 acLocal Recreation Area · 12 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Voorhees Township Forest
Local Resource Management Area
Town or city19Open
Kirkwood Lake
Local Conservation Area
County15Open
Kirkwood Forest
Local Conservation Area
Town or city14Open
Kirkwood Recreation Area
Local Recreation Area
Town or city12Open
Kirkwood Park
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city5Open
Country Lane Wetlands
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city3Open
Green Ridge Park
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city2Open
VFW Lodge
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city1Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Echelon

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Echelon

4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

3.1 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

3.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
8Soccer
5Tennis
4Basketball
2Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Echelon: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)424553657483878578675646
Rain (in)3.52.94.33.73.64.24.84.54.13.93.34.2

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Echelon →

Next door

Echelon and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Echelon— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Voorhees Township9%0.21992%B+
Somerdale5%0.3799%+B+
Gibbsboro13%1.510599%+A+
Lindenwold8%0.11299%+B+
Ashland— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cherry Hill Township9%0.82099%+A

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Echelon

Are dogs allowed on Echelon’s trails?

Round Hill Road Playground and Carriagebrook Common Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Echelon?

3.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.0 of painted or protected lanes and 0.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Echelon?

26,357 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Echelon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 80 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Echelon 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 →