St. John's Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Keansburg
6% of Keansburg’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Keansburg, 1.0 per square mile of land. 26 acres are parks and preserves, 2.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns · #317 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
44 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
1.1 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
26 ac
2.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Keansburg?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Keansburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Keansburg is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns, #317 of 468 in New Jersey. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Keansburg’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical NJ town 11% · U.S. 4%B+Trails1.0 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 (26 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 75%
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New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 32%
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Keansburg’s 6% is ahead of 30% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 66% of them.
Water is more than half of Keansburg’s area (15 of 16 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Forest Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Hill Street Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
44 conserved acres
6% of Keansburg’s land. Water is left out: Keansburg has 1.1 square miles of land and 15.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Keansburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city40 ac
County1 ac
Local Recreation Area · 31 acLocal Other or Unknown · 6 acLocal Park · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfront Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Saint Johns Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Beach Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Collins Field Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Henry Hudson Trail Local Recreation Area | County | 1 | Open |
| Forest Park Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Hill Street Park Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| JFK Playground Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Benjamin Terry Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Cedar Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
9 places to go in Keansburg
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Keansburg
Belvedero Beach
DirectionsPlus 3 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Public pools in Keansburg
Playgrounds in Keansburg
Donohue Playground
DirectionsPlus 1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
3Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Keansburg: April to 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 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 43 | 51 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Keansburg →
Next door
Keansburg and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Middletown Township55 miHazlet Township7.2 miAberdeen Township4.3 miUnion Beach2.1 miKeansburg1.1 miKeyport1.0 miNorth Middletown0.5 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keansburg | 6% | 1.0 | 3 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Union Beach | 4% | 1.2 | 46 | 99%+ | A |
| Keyport | 2% | 0.7 | 6 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Hazlet Township | 12% | 1.3 | 22 | 99%+ | A |
| Middletown Township | 23% | 1.4 | 82 | 98% | A+ |
| North Middletown | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Aberdeen Township | 15% | 0.8 | 32 | 99%+ | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Keansburg
How much of Keansburg is conserved land?
6% 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 Keansburg’s trails?
St. John's Park and Forest Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Keansburg?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Keansburg?
23,879 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Keansburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Keansburg have?
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #317 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 Keansburg 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 →