Sickles Park
Park
9 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Apc106 · CC BY-SA 3.0AOutdoors
Outdoors in Little Silver
6% of Little Silver’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. 3.4 miles of mapped trail cross Little Silver, 1.3 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Sickles Park (0.5 mi).
Ahead of 90% of U.S. towns · #193 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
108 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
3.4 mi
1.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
112 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Little Silver?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Little Silver have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Little Silver is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns, #193 of 468 in New Jersey. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Little Silver’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical NJ town 11% · U.S. 4%B+Trails1.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · NJ 0.7 · U.S. 0.4APark land18 acres of park per 1,000 residents (112 acres) · NJ 25 · U.S. 13BParks 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 90%
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New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 59%
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Little Silver’s 6% is ahead of 30% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 75% of them.
Water is 18% of Little Silver’s area (1 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 5%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− 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 Sickles Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Little Silver Gazebo Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Dominick F. Santelle Park and Boat Ramp
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
108 conserved acres
6% of Little Silver’s land. Water is left out: Little Silver has 2.7 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Little Silver’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city107 ac
Not recorded36 ac
Local Park · 43 acLocal Resource Management Area · 42 acLocal Other or Unknown · 25 acLocal Recreation Area · 23 acLocal Conservation Area · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Open Space Local Park | Not recorded | 53 | Open |
| Little Silver Park Local Park | Town or city | 30 | Open |
| Parker Homestead Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Little Silver Borough Unknown Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Sickles Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Markham Playground Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Sunny Crest Local Resource Management Area | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Riverview Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Ls Fire House Field Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Veterans Park Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 2 | Open |
3 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
3 places to go in Little Silver
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Little Silver
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Little Silver
Public Boat Ramp
DirectionsFishing spots in Little Silver
Santelle Fishing Docs
DirectionsTrails & water
11 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.9 mi
Parker Homestead Trail0.6 mi
Creekside Adventure Trail0.5 mi
Little Silver Nature Trail0.3 mi
Creekside Adventure Loop0.2 mi
Nature Trail - Northwest Loop0.2 mi
Eastview tract trail0.2 mi
unnamed path0.2 mi
Nature Trail - Northeast Loop0.2 mi
Eastview to Challenger Field0.1 mi
Little Silver Park - unmaintained game trail0.1 mi
1 more trails
Parker Pet Trail entrance spur
0.1 miLakes & rivers tap for directions
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
7Tennis
4Baseball
4Soccer
1Pickleball
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Little Silver: 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 | 44 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 80 | 85 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.5 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Little Silver →
Next door
Little Silver and its neighbors
Little Silver has the most mapped trails of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Silver | 6% | 1.3 | 18 | 99%+ | A |
| Red Bank | 4% | 0.3 | 4 | 99%+ | B |
| Oceanport | 9% | 1.1 | 35 | 99%+ | A |
| Shrewsbury | 8% | 0.1 | 24 | 99%+ | A− |
| Rumson | 5% | 0.2 | 25 | 96% | B+ |
| Monmouth Beach | 2% | under 0.1 | 4 | 99%+ | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Little Silver
Where can I hike in Little Silver?
The longest trail networks: Sickles Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Little Silver 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 Little Silver’s trails?
Sickles Park and Little Silver Gazebo Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Little Silver?
15,560 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Little Silver or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 112 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Little Silver have?
Ahead of 90% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #193 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 Little Silver 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 →