Millerton has 8.8 miles of mapped trails, 4.5 for every square mile of land
2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Millerton?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Millerton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Millerton is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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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1 conserved acres
under 1% of Millerton’s land. Who manages Millerton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millerton Lake State Recreation Area State Recreation Area | State parks | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Millerton
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 peaks without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
The best walking months in Millerton: April and May
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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 83 | 92 | 98 | 97 | 91 | 80 | 66 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
August is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 3.2 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Millerton →
Questions about parks and trails in Millerton
How much of Millerton is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a California town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Millerton?
21,057 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Millerton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Millerton have?
Ahead of 24% 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 Millerton 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 →