Goettell Community Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Central Square
Central Square has 25 acres of parks, 11 for every 1,000 residents
89% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Central Square, 0.1 per square mile of land. 3% of Central Square’s land is conserved, about 41 acres.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
41 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
25 ac
11 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
89%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Central Square?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Central Square have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Central Square is ahead of 47% 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 Central Square’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land11 acres of park per 1,000 residents (25 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home89% 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 47%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Central Square. 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
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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.
Who protects it
41 conserved acres
3% of Central Square’s land. Who manages Central Square’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)26 ac
Town or city8 ac
County7 ac
Conservation Easement · 26 acLocal Park · 15 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 26 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village of Central Square Land Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Unknown |
| County of Oswego Land Local Park | County | 7 | Unknown |
Biking & sports
0.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
8Baseball
6Tennis
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Central Square: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 33 | 41 | 55 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.5 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Central Square →
Questions about parks and trails in Central Square
How much of Central Square is conserved land?
3% 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 Central Square’s trails?
Goettell Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Central Square?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Central Square?
12,269 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Central Square or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 25 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Central Square have?
Ahead of 47% 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 Central Square 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 →