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Outdoors in St. Leonard

Few parks or trails are on the map in St. Leonard

12% of St. Leonard’s land is conserved, about 170 acres. 6 acres are parks and preserves, 8.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross St. Leonard, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
12%
170 acres · of 2.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
8.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
49%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
4.6 mi
0.7 mi lanes
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

170 conserved acres

12% of St. Leonard’s land. Who manages St. Leonard’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County145 ac
Private owners63 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government39 ac
State natural resources27 ac
Other state land1 ac
Conservation Easement · 200 acForest Stewardship Easement · 69 acLocal Park · 6 acHistoric or Cultural Easement · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 164 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 21 of 47 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
St. Leonard Recreation Area - Grover Field
Local Park
County5Open
Dowell House
Local Park
County1Open
Things to do

2 places to go in St. Leonard

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

Playgrounds in St. Leonard

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

4.6 miles of bike routes

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

0.7 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
3.9 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
2Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in St. Leonard: April to June

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)9.810.711.813.214.214.814.613.612.411.110.09.5
High (°F)454755667483878579695849
Rain (in)3.22.74.03.33.94.24.64.64.54.03.33.7

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in St. Leonard →

Next door

St. Leonard and its neighbors

St. Leonard has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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
St. Leonard— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Long Beach11%3.021866%A

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

Questions about parks and trails in St. Leonard

Where can I bike in St. Leonard?

4.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of painted or protected lanes and 3.9 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near St. Leonard?

4,285 acres of parks and open public land lie inside St. Leonard or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from St. Leonard 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 →