Dumont Firefighters Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Dumont
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Dumont
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 45 acres are parks and preserves, 2.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Dumont, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns · #426 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
41 acres · of 2.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
45 ac
2.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Dumont?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Dumont have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dumont is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #426 of 468 in New Jersey. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dumont’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical NJ town 11% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NJ 0.7 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land2.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (45 acres) · NJ 25 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · NJ 98% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 50%
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New Jersey towns of 2,500+ (468)Ahead of 9%
New Jersey towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 11%; the U.S., 4%), so Dumont’s 3% is ahead of 16% of New Jersey towns, while its trails per square mile lead 17% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
41 conserved acres
3% of Dumont’s land. Who manages Dumont’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city40 ac
Not recorded32 ac
Local Park · 61 acLocal Recreation Area · 11 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown Local Park | Not recorded | 32 | Open |
| Dumont Borough Park Local Park | Town or city | 21 | Open |
| Dumont Borough Athletic Facility Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Historical Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Aladin Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Dakota Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Dixon Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Sirosis Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| West Linden Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Dumont
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Dumont
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
6Baseball
2Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Dumont: April to June, August and 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 42 | 50 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dumont →
Next door
Dumont and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumont | 3% | 0.2 | 2 | 99%+ | B− |
| Bergenfield | 5% | 1.1 | 3 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Cresskill | 8% | 0.4 | 12 | 99%+ | A− |
| New Milford | 7% | under 0.1 | 6 | 99%+ | B− |
| Haworth | 9% | 5.6 | 35 | 99%+ | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Dumont
How much of Dumont is conserved land?
3% of its land, against a typical 11% for a New Jersey town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Dumont’s trails?
Dumont Firefighters Park and Dumont Arboretum don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dumont?
23,818 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dumont or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 45 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dumont have?
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #426 of 468 in New Jersey. 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 Dumont 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 →