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Wellsburg StationPhoto: E. Bailey · Public domain
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Ashland

Ashland has 165 acres of parks, 115 for every 1,000 residents

42% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Ashland’s land is conserved, about 149 acres. 1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Ashland, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
149 acres · of 14.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
165 ac
115 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
42%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,762 ft
Comfort Hill
Lakes & rivers
15
1 boat launch

What kind of outdoors town is Ashland?

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

Room to roam115 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Ashland have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ashland is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ashland’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land115 acres of park per 1,000 residents (165 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home42% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 46%
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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.

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Newtown Battlefield State Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Newtown Battlefield State Park

Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
133 acres0.4 mi of trail
Sullivan's MarchNewtown Pike
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it

149 conserved acres

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

State parks122 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government19 ac
Town or city9 ac
State Park · 122 acLocal Park · 26 acLocal Resource Management Area · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Newtown Battlefield State Park
State Park
State parks122Open
Wellsburg Village Lands
Local Resource Management Area
Other or Unknown Local Government19Open
Village of Wellsburg Land
Local Park
Town or city9Unknown
Things to do

4 places to go in Ashland

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

Boat launches in Ashland
Toll Bridge Park Boat LaunchIn Toll Bridge Park
Directions
Trails & water

3 named trails and 15 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Sullivan's March0.2 mi
Newtown Pike0.2 mi
Lackawanna Rail Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Allington PondpondBrisco PondpondFrog and Mosquito PondpondGoldfinch PondpondMarshall PondpondMartz PondpondMcDonald PondpondMcGovern PondpondNowakowska PondpondPeirson PondpondRobinson PondpondRoushey PondpondThomas PondpondWelch RoadpondWoodard Pondpond
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
2Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 5 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
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Newtown BattlefieldNational Historic Landmark · Site · listed 1972
About it
Christ Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 2000
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Ashland: May, July and August

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)9.410.511.813.314.515.214.913.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)323543576977817972604737
Rain (in)2.31.92.73.33.34.03.63.74.03.72.72.6

February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.0 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Ashland →

Next door

Ashland and its neighbors

Ashland has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Elmira5.3 miAshland1.8 miChemung1.7 miSouthport1.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ashland2%0.111542%B−
Chemung2%under 0.12647%C
Elmira6%0.29978%B+
Southportunder 1%under 0.1962%C−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Ashland

Where can I hike in Ashland?

The longest trail networks: Newtown Battlefield State Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Ashland 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 Ashland’s trails?

Newtown Battlefield State Park and Toll Bridge Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Ashland?

7,301 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ashland or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 165 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Ashland have?

Ahead of 46% 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 Ashland neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →