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Outdoors in Greenbush

Greenbush has 9.0 miles of mapped trails, 0.2 for every square mile of land

1% of Greenbush’s land is conserved, about 371 acres.

Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
371 acres · of 43.8 sq mi of land
Trails
9.0 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
1 boat launch
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Greenbush have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Greenbush is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Greenbush’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 11%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Greenbush. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. 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

371 conserved acres

1% of Greenbush’s land. Who manages Greenbush’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources370 ac
Not recorded370 ac
State Other or Unknown · 740 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Greenbush Forest Nursery
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded740Unknown
Things to do

1 places to go in Greenbush

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

Boat launches in Greenbush
Greenbush Boat Launch
Directions
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Greenbush: May to September

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)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.58.8
High (°F)283140536674807970574534
Rain (in)3.42.53.33.53.53.93.33.43.74.74.04.2

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.7 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Greenbush →

Next door

Greenbush and its neighbors

Greenbush has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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
Greenbush1%0.2under 1under 1%D
Milford54%0.7under 130%B−
Passadumkeag— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Greenbush

How much of Greenbush is conserved land?

1% of its land, against a typical 6% for a Maine town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Is there public land near Greenbush?

101 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greenbush or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Greenbush have?

Ahead of 11% 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 Greenbush neighbors.

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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 →