Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Brocton
5 acres are parks and preserves, 3.2 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Brocton’s land is conserved, about 14 acres. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Brocton, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Brocton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brocton is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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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14 conserved acres
1% of Brocton’s land. Who manages Brocton’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 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chautauqua Rails To Trails Lands Private Other or Unknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 10 | Closed |
| Village Of Brocton, Athletic Land Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Unknown |
| Village Of Brocton Land Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Unknown |
1 named trail
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.
The best walking months in Brocton: May, June 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 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 35 | 43 | 55 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.3 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Brocton →
Questions about parks and trails in Brocton
How much of Brocton 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.
Is there public land near Brocton?
3,595 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brocton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Brocton have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Brocton 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 →