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Outdoors in Allegany

Allegany has 2 acres of parks, 1.0 for every 1,000 residents

92% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Allegany’s land is conserved, about 11 acres.

Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
11 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
1.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
92%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Allegany?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Allegany have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Allegany is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Allegany’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 26%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Allegany. 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.

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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.

Allegany Firemen's Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

11 conserved acres

2% of Allegany’s land. Who manages Allegany’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Regional agency11 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 11 ac
Good to know

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

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Allegany School District Land
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency11Unknown
Things to do

1 places to go in Allegany

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

Playgrounds in Allegany
Allegany Elementary Playground
Directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Allegany: May, 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.615.215.013.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)323544587077817973614837
Rain (in)3.02.22.93.53.84.24.44.14.03.93.33.2

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Allegany →

Next door

Allegany and its neighbors

Allegany has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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
Allegany2%under 0.1192%C
St. Bonaventure— 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 Allegany

How much of Allegany 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 Allegany’s trails?

Allegany Firemen's Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Allegany?

14,826 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Allegany or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Allegany have?

Ahead of 26% 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 Allegany 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 →