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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Celoron

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Celoron

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 6.6 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Celoron’s land is conserved, about 9 acres.

Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
9 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
6.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Celoron?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Celoron have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Celoron is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Celoron’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 50%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Celoron. 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.

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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.

Lucille Ball Memorial Park

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

9 conserved acres

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

Town or city8 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits2 ac
Local Park · 8 acPrivate Conservation · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Village of Celoron Land
Local Park
Town or city7Unknown
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Land
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits2Closed
Burtis Street Playground
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Celoron

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

Boat launches in Celoron
Lucille Ball Memorial Park Boat Launch
Directions
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
1Basketball
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Celoron: May to 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)323443576976807972604737
Rain (in)3.52.63.13.73.84.34.33.84.14.33.73.8

February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Celoron →

Next door

Celoron and its neighbors

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
Celoron2%0.1799%+B−
Ellicott3%0.12561%B−
Jamestown6%0.41599%+A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Celoron

How much of Celoron 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 Celoron’s trails?

Lucille Ball Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Celoron?

7,543 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Celoron or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Celoron have?

Ahead of 50% 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 Celoron 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 →