Firemen's Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Adams
Adams has 9 acres of parks, 5.9 for every 1,000 residents
83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Adams, 0.1 per square mile of land. 1% of Adams’ land is conserved, about 11 acres.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
11 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
5.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
83%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Adams?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
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 32% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Adams’ overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land5.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13CParks close to home83% 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 32%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Adams. 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 C− 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
11 conserved acres
1% of Adams’ land. Who manages Adams’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city9 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government9 ac
Private owners2 ac
Local Park · 11 acLocal Recreation Area · 9 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 by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Village of Land Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Unknown |
| Unknown Park Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 9 | Open |
| Firemen'S Park Local Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
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
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
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) | 28 | 31 | 40 | 54 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 58 | 46 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 4.8 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Adams →
Questions about parks and trails in Adams
How much of Adams is conserved land?
1% 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?
Firemen's Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Adams?
28,395 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Adams or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Adams have?
Ahead of 32% 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 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 →