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Marksboro Grist Mill, Marksboro, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Marksboro

Few parks or trails are on the map in Marksboro

33% of Marksboro’s land is conserved, about 443 acres. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 17 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Marksboro, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
33%
443 acres · of 2.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
17 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
70%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

443 conserved acres

33% of Marksboro’s land. Who manages Marksboro’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government208 ac
County207 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits122 ac
Town or city122 ac
State natural resources54 ac
State conservation52 ac
Not recorded56 ac
Agricultural Easement · 660 acState Other or Unknown · 56 acState Recreation Area · 54 acConservation Easement · 52 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 387 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 11 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Paulinskill Valley Trail
State Recreation Area
State natural resources109Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Marksboro

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

Playgrounds in Marksboro

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Paulinskill Valley Trail0.1 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Marksboro: April, May, 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.813.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)364048617179848275635241
Rain (in)3.42.83.83.83.94.74.64.64.54.43.44.0

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Marksboro →

Next door

Marksboro and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Marksboro— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Frelinghuysen Township35%0.864666%A
Hardwick Township70%2.66,64888%A+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Marksboro

Is there public land near Marksboro?

75,737 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Marksboro or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 57 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Marksboro 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 →