Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 4.095% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Medford Lakes
3 acres are parks and preserves, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Medford Lakes, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #460 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Medford Lakes?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Medford Lakes have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Medford Lakes is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #460 of 468 in New Jersey. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Medford Lakes’ under 1% is ahead of 0% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% of them.
Water is 10% of Medford Lakes’ area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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6 places to go in Medford Lakes
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
1 named trail and 19 lakes & rivers
0.3 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Medford Lakes: 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 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 45 | 53 | 65 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Medford Lakes →
Questions about parks and trails in Medford Lakes
How much of Medford Lakes is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Medford Lakes?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Medford Lakes?
56,416 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Medford Lakes or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Medford Lakes have?
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #460 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 Medford Lakes 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 →