Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse · Photo: Araucana · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Benton
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Benton. 28% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 16 acres are parks and preserves, 5.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns · #750 of 758 in New York. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Benton?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Benton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Benton is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #750 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Water is 7% of Benton’s area (3 of 44 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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17 conserved acres
under 1% of Benton’s land. Water is left out: Benton has 41.5 square miles of land and 3.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Benton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Of Penn Yan Land Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Unknown |
| Lacrosse Park Local Recreation Area | Private owners | 2 | Open |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
6 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Benton: May 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 34 | 42 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Benton →
Benton and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton | under 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 28% | D |
| Torrey | 2% | 0.2 | 138 | 36% | B− |
| Milo | 4% | 0.1 | 15 | 70% | B− |
| Potter | under 1% | 0.1 | 4 | 4% | D |
| Seneca | 2% | 0.2 | 1 | 3% | D |
| Jerusalem | 5% | 0.1 | 320 | 39% | B− |
| Penn Yan | 5% | 0.1 | 15 | 99% | B |
| Varick | 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 1% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Benton
How much of Benton is conserved land?
under 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.
Is there public land near Benton?
8,504 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Benton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Benton have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #750 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 Benton neighbors.
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 →