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STONE HOUSE INN, WENONAH, GLOUCESTER COUNTYPhoto: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0
A+Outdoors
Outdoors in Wenonah

21% of Wenonah’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 5.0 miles of mapped trail cross Wenonah, 5.0 per square mile of land. 21% of Wenonah’s land is conserved, about 132 acres.

Among the top 1% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
21%
132 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
5.0 mi
5.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
128 ac
56 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi lanes
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Wenonah?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Wenonah have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wenonah is among the top 1% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, park acres per resident lowest.

A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wenonah’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Among the top 1%
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New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Wenonah’s 21% is ahead of 71% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 99% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be 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
Who protects it

132 conserved acres

21% of Wenonah’s land. Who manages Wenonah’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city135 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 132 acLocal Recreation Area · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Comey's Lake
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city38Open
Wenonah Lake
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city24Open
The Glen
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city19Open
Clay Hill R.R. Trestle Site
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city19Open
Break Back Run
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city15Open
Athletic Fields
Local Recreation Area
Town or city4Open
Langston Field
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city4Open
Central Park
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city3Open
Hanisey's Landing
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city3Open
Lisle Field
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city3Open

2 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

2 places to go in Wenonah

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

Public pools in Wenonah
Wenonah Swim Club
Directions
Trails & water

15 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 5.0 mi
Mantua Creek Trail1.1 mi
Comey's Lake Trail0.6 mi
Break Back Run Trail0.6 mi
Wenonah Lake Trail0.4 mi
George Eldridge Trail0.4 mi
Monongahela Brook Trail0.3 mi
Frank Eggert Trail0.3 mi
Monongahela Brook Loop Trail0.2 mi
Wenonah School Trail0.2 mi
Indian Trail0.2 mi
5 more trails
Dilks' Pond Trail
0.2 mi
Camel's Back Loop Trail
0.1 mi
Glen Trail
0.1 mi
Garden Trail
0.1 mi
Hanisey's Landing Trail
0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.9 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.9 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
3Tennis
2Baseball
2Basketball
2Soccer

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Memorial Presbyterian ChurchBuilding · listed 2013
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Wenonah: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)424553657483878578675646
Rain (in)3.42.84.33.73.54.24.74.64.43.93.24.2

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wenonah →

Next door

Wenonah and its neighbors

Wenonah has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Wenonah21%5.05699%+A+
Mantua Township16%0.86693%A
Sewell— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Deptford Township4%0.21385%B

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

Questions about parks and trails in Wenonah

How much of Wenonah is conserved land?

21% 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 Wenonah?

0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of painted or protected lanes.

Is there public land near Wenonah?

15,550 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wenonah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 128 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Wenonah have?

Among the top 1% 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 Wenonah neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →