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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Randolph

Few parks or trails are on the map in Randolph

1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Randolph, 0.8 per square mile of land. 28% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
1.7 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Near a park
28%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2

What kind of outdoors town is Randolph?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Randolph have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Randolph is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Randolph’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 17%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Randolph. 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
Trails & water

2 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Kennebec Central Railroad1.3 mi
Narrow Gauge Trial0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Randolph: 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)293341546674807971584635
Rain (in)3.43.03.84.13.64.43.43.43.95.14.34.2

February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 5.1 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Randolph →

Next door

Randolph and its neighbors

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
Randolphunder 1%0.8under 128%C−
Pittstonunder 1%0.196%D
Farmingdale2%0.1152%C−
Gardiner2%1.2666%B−
Chelsea3%0.4111%C

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

Questions about parks and trails in Randolph

How much of Randolph is conserved land?

under 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 Randolph?

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

How much outdoors does Randolph have?

Ahead of 17% 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 Randolph 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 →