Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Sea Bright
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Sea Bright, 0.4 per square mile of land. 15 acres are parks and preserves, 8.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Sea Bright?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Sea Bright have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sea Bright is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. 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 Sea Bright’s 3% is ahead of 13% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 35% of them.
Water is 44% of Sea Bright’s area (1 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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13 conserved acres
3% of Sea Bright’s land. Water is left out: Sea Bright has 0.7 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Sea Bright’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway National Recreation Area National Recreation Area | National Park Service | 10 | Open |
| Sea Bright Borough Unknown Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 2 | Open |
9 places to go in Sea Bright
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 2 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1.3 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.
The best walking months in Sea Bright: 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 Sea Bright →
Sea Bright 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Bright | 3% | 0.4 | 8 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Rumson | 5% | 0.2 | 25 | 96% | B+ |
| Monmouth Beach | 2% | under 0.1 | 4 | 99%+ | C+ |
| Highlands | 7% | 1.5 | 8 | 99%+ | A |
| Middletown Township | 23% | 1.4 | 82 | 98% | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Sea Bright
How much of Sea Bright is conserved land?
3% 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 Sea Bright?
1.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of painted or protected lanes and 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Sea Bright?
10,902 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sea Bright or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sea Bright have?
Ahead of 66% 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 Sea Bright 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 →