Editing Ocean City, New Jersey (section)

===Parks===
The city utilizes 39% of its land area—{{convert|1716|acre|ha|abbr=on}}—for parks and recreation purposes. This includes about {{convert|1300|acre|ha|abbr=on}} of protected dunes and wetlands. There are several parks within the confines of Ocean City, including ten playgrounds scattered across the island. There are also a [[Volleyball|volleyball court]], a shuffleboard court, a hockey rink, four baseball fields, four soccer fields, eight basketball courts, and 24&nbsp;tennis courts.<ref>Scheule, Randall E. [https://imageserv11.team-logic.com/mediaLibrary/242/Ocean_City_OSRP-Nov5-2014.pdf ''Ocean City Open Space & Recreation Plan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005195022/https://imageserv11.team-logic.com/mediaLibrary/242/Ocean_City_OSRP-Nov5-2014.pdf |date=October 5, 2018 }}, Ocean City, November 2014. Accessed October 27, 2019.</ref>

Across from the [[Ocean City Municipal Airport (New Jersey)|Ocean City Airport]] is the Howard Stainton Wildlife Refuge, a {{convert|16|acre|ha|abbr=on}} area of wetlands established in 1997. There are no trails, but there is a viewing platform accessible from Bay Avenue.<ref>[http://www.delcotimes.com/article/DC/20140531/NEWS/140539950 "The Highwayman: Bayside rambling 'down the shore'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102121/http://www.delcotimes.com/article/DC/20140531/NEWS/140539950 |date=December 23, 2017 }}, ''Delco Times'', May 31, 2014. Accessed December 23, 2017. "If you prefer to spend as much time as possible outdoors at the shore, don't bypass the Howard Stainton Wildlife Refuge on Bay Avenue between 23rd and 30th streets, directly across the road from the Ocean City Airport. This 16-acre freshwater refuge supports waterfowl and marshland birds such as the black-crowned heron, sandpipers, killdeer and Canada geese, as well as the endangered least tern and black skimmer. The refuge was completed and opened in 1997 after a nearly decade-long legal battle between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (which wanted the parcel to be protected as wetlands) and a development company, which had plans to build properties on the land."</ref> Adjacent to the airport is the Ocean City Municipal Golf Course, a 12&ndash;hole course run by the city and open to the public.<ref>[http://www.ocnj.us/golf/ Ocean City Municipal Golf Course] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028052535/http://www.ocnj.us/golf/ |date=October 28, 2019 }}, Ocean City. Accessed October 27, 2019.</ref>

At the southern end of the island is [[Corson's Inlet State Park]], which was established in 1969 to preserve one of the last undeveloped tracts of land along the oceanfront. The park is accessible by [[Ocean Drive (New Jersey)|Ocean Drive]] (Cape May County Route 619), which bisects the park.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/corsons.html Corson's Inlet State Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028052641/https://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/corsons.html |date=October 28, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]]. Accessed October 27, 2019.</ref>