Sunset Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Cayuga Heights
Cayuga Heights has 2 acres of parks, 0.6 for every 1,000 residents
84% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Cayuga Heights, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #676 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
0.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
84%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Cayuga Heights?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cayuga Heights have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cayuga Heights is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #676 of 758 in New York. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cayuga Heights’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land0.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13DParks close to home84% 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 33%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 11%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Cayuga Heights. 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 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.
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.
Who protects it
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Cayuga Heights’ land. Who manages Cayuga Heights’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city2 ac
Local Park · 2 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 by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village of Cayuga Heights Land Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Unknown |
Things to do
3 places to go in Cayuga Heights
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Cayuga Heights
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Disc golf in Cayuga Heights
Robison Disc Golf CourseCornell University
DirectionsBiking & 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
6Tennis
5Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Cayuga Heights: 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 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 34 | 43 | 56 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Cayuga Heights →
Next door
Cayuga Heights and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Heights | under 1% | 0.5 | 1 | 84% | C |
| Northeast Ithaca | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Lansing | 1% | 0.2 | 7 | 96% | C+ |
| Ithaca | 15% | 1.9 | 17 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Ithaca | 17% | 1.6 | 111 | 91% | A+ |
| Lansing | 2% | 0.2 | 11 | 55% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Cayuga Heights
How much of Cayuga Heights 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.
Are dogs allowed on Cayuga Heights’ trails?
Sunset Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cayuga Heights?
12,217 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cayuga Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cayuga Heights have?
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #676 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 Cayuga Heights 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 →