Honeyville Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
109 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Adams
Adams has 258 acres of parks, 52 for every 1,000 residents
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Adams. 2% of Adams’ land is conserved, about 528 acres. 56% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns · #629 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
528 acres · of 42.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
258 ac
52 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
56%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
571 ft
Pine Hill
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Adams have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Adams is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns, #629 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Adams’ overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land52 acres of park per 1,000 residents (258 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home56% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 40%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 17%
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.
Gould's Corners State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Gary Tyner Memorial Field
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Firemen's Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
528 conserved acres
2% of Adams’ land. Who manages Adams’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city248 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)165 ac
State conservation114 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government9 ac
Private owners2 ac
Local Park · 248 acConservation Easement · 165 acState Resource Management Area · 110 acLocal Recreation Area · 11 acState Conservation Area · 4 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 165 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 9 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Village of Land Local Park | Town or city | 148 | Unknown |
| Honeyville Wma State Resource Management Area | State conservation | 110 | Open |
| South Jefferson CSD Land Local Park | Town or city | 82 | Unknown |
| Adams Town of Land Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Unknown |
| Unknown Park Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 9 | Open |
| Gould'S Corners State Forest State Conservation Area | State conservation | 4 | Open |
| Firemen'S Park Local Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
| Pitcher St Field Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Adams
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Peaks in Adams
Pine Hill571 ft elevation
DirectionsBiking & 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
7Baseball
7Tennis
5Soccer
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 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 Adams: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 29 | 31 | 40 | 54 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 58 | 46 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.7 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Adams →
Next door
Adams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 2% | under 0.1 | 52 | 56% | C+ |
| Rodman | 19% | 0.4 | 3,297 | 29% | A− |
| Henderson | 9% | 0.7 | 1,378 | 46% | A− |
| Hounsfield | 4% | 0.6 | 30 | 38% | B |
| Ellisburg | 9% | 0.1 | 298 | 34% | B |
| Lorraine | — 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 Adams
How much of Adams is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 5% for a New York town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Adams’ trails?
Honeyville Wildlife Management Area and Gould's Corners State Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Adams?
41,412 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Adams or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 369 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Adams have?
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #629 of 758 in New York. 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 Adams 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 →