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-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in New Hanover Township
11% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 29 acres are parks and preserves, 4.0 per 1,000 residents. 2.0 miles of mapped trail cross New Hanover Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does New Hanover Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Hanover Township is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so New Hanover Township’s 2% is ahead of 11% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 12% of them.
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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336 conserved acres
2% of New Hanover Township’s land. Who manages New Hanover Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 305 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 18 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nash Park Local Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| New Hanover Township Wooded Lot Local Resource Management Area | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Edward Godfrey House Local Historic or Cultural Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Municipal Field Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 1 | Unknown |
| Cookstown Village Green Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Burlington County Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | County | 1 | Open |
12 places to go in New Hanover Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
4 lakes & rivers
2.0 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 4 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in New Hanover Township: April to June
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 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
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 New Hanover Township →
New Hanover Township and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hanover Township | 2% | 0.1 | 4 | 11% | C− |
| McGuire AFB | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Fort Dix | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Pemberton Township | 16% | 1.2 | 76 | 86% | A |
| Plumsted Township | 20% | 0.4 | 199 | 87% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in New Hanover Township
How much of New Hanover Township 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 New Hanover Township?
2.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.1 of painted or protected lanes and 0.9 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near New Hanover Township?
82,649 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Hanover Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 29 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does New Hanover Township have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 New Hanover Township 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 →