Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Lakehurst
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Lakehurst, 0.6 per square mile of land. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 6.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns · #366 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Lakehurst?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Lakehurst have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lakehurst is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns, #366 of 468 in New Jersey. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Lakehurst’s 2% is ahead of 12% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 43% of them.
Water is 9% of Lakehurst’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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14 conserved acres
2% of Lakehurst’s land. Water is left out: Lakehurst has 0.9 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lakehurst’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Horicon Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Lakehurst Borough Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 5 | Open |
8 places to go in Lakehurst
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 boat launches without a name on the map.
1 lakes & rivers
1.6 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 Lakehurst: 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 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 45 | 52 | 63 | 73 | 82 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lakehurst →
Lakehurst and its neighbors
Lakehurst has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakehurst | 2% | 0.6 | 6 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Leisure Knoll | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lakehurst
How much of Lakehurst 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 Lakehurst?
1.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.6 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Lakehurst?
71,591 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lakehurst or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lakehurst have?
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #366 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 Lakehurst 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 →