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The former site of a Camden City wastewater treatment plant, this property lay largely untouched for decades in the northern reaches of the city, and its reclamation by nature inspired its designation as a protected natural area. The Cramer Hill Nature Preserve, in the Cramer Hill community, will remain an undeveloped haven for wildlife, plants, and trees. A visitor can follow the walking trail along the Preserve’s edge to approach the Delaware River Back Channel that separates the mainland from the future Petty’s Island state preserve.

With the Cooper River on one side and busy Admiral Wilson Boulevard on the other, Gateway Park opened in March 2019 as the Camden-Pennsauken area’s newest public open space.

The 25-acre linear park runs along the Cooper River, a Delaware River tributary, for half a mile. It provides the community with access to nature and outdoor recreation like walking, bicycling, jogging, bird watching and fishing.

Liney Ditch Park is a neighborhood-scale green space designed to address local flooding and beautify the surrounding area. Once a neglected drainage corridor, it has been transformed into a linear park with bioswales, tree plantings, and native vegetation that absorb and filter stormwater. The park’s layout encourages walking and gathering, with benches and pathways that invite residents to enjoy the outdoors. It’s a model for how small-scale interventions can deliver big environmental and social benefits—improving water quality, reducing heat, and enhancing community pride.

Originally opened in 2002 to open a path for the public to reach the waterfront, Millenium Pier was renamed the Michael J. Doyle Park and Fishing Pier in 2009 in honor of the long time spiritual icon of the Waterfront South neighborhood, pastor of nearby Sacred Heart Church. The pier is located at the western end of Jackson Street in Camden, at the Delaware River.

This five acre riverfront park was created for the residents of South Camden. In a multi-phase project, the abandoned industrial building was removed, and the property was cleaned to meet environmental standards and landscaped and vegetated as a new public park that now collects rainwater to reduce neighborhood flooding while providing green space for the community to enjoy access to the Delaware River.

Connecting the public park facilities surrounding the CCMUA’s facility is the Waterfront South Connections Trail Loop. Linking the parks, the Delaware River, and Camden’s Waterfront South neighborhood, residents can now walk from the play areas in Liney Ditch Park to Phoenix Park to enjoy the five-acre green space on the river, then traverse the Waterfront Walkway along the banks of the Delaware to the Michael Doyle Fishing Pier, and then return to the community park at Liney Ditch.