Joseph Robertson Allaire Road Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Spring Lake Heights
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Spring Lake Heights
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 3.1 miles of mapped trail cross Spring Lake Heights, 2.4 per square mile of land. 36 acres are parks and preserves, 7.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 84% of U.S. towns · #254 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
36 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
3.1 mi
2.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
7.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Spring Lake Heights?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Spring Lake Heights have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spring Lake Heights is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns, #254 of 468 in New Jersey. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Spring Lake Heights’ overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical NJ town 11% · U.S. 4%BTrails2.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · NJ 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land7.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 acres) · NJ 25 · U.S. 13C+Parks 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 84%
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New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 46%
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Spring Lake Heights’ 4% is ahead of 22% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Ocean Rd Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Veterans Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
36 conserved acres
4% of Spring Lake Heights’ land. Who manages Spring Lake Heights’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city35 ac
Not recorded12 ac
Local Recreation Area · 30 acLocal Park · 12 acLocal Other or Unknown · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wreck Pond Local Park | Not recorded | 12 | Open |
| Park Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Ocean Road Bicentenial Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Joseph E Robertson Allaire Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Municipal Pond Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Veterans Memorial PArk Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Community Center Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.7 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
2Tennis
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Spring Lake Heights: 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 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.7 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Spring Lake Heights →
Next door
Spring Lake Heights and its neighbors
Spring Lake Heights has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Heights | 4% | 2.4 | 7 | 99%+ | A− |
| Wall Township | 13% | 2.1 | 165 | 95% | A+ |
| Sea Girt | 4% | 0.2 | 35 | 99%+ | A− |
| Spring Lake | 23% | 2.2 | 76 | 99%+ | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Spring Lake Heights
How much of Spring Lake Heights is conserved land?
4% 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 Spring Lake Heights’ trails?
Joseph Robertson Allaire Road Park and Ocean Rd Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Spring Lake Heights?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Spring Lake Heights?
15,446 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spring Lake Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Spring Lake Heights have?
Ahead of 84% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #254 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 Spring Lake Heights 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 →