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NY 83 through Cherry CreekPhoto: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Cherry Creek

Cherry Creek has 956 acres of parks, 901 for every 1,000 residents

The biggest trail networks: Boutwell Hill State Forest (6.9 mi). 7% of Cherry Creek’s land is conserved, about 1,567 acres. 54% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
7%
1,567 acres · of 36.6 sq mi of land
Trails
13 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
956 ac
901 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
54%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,083 ft
Boutwell Hill
Lakes & rivers
2

What kind of outdoors town is Cherry Creek?

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

Room to roam901 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Cherry Creek have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cherry Creek is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cherry Creek’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (13 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land901 acres of park per 1,000 residents (956 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to home54% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 75%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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

The longest trail network is Boutwell Hill State Forest, with 6.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Boutwell Hill State Forest

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
937 acres6.9 mi of trail
Blue + Red TrailRed 4Earl Cardot Eastside Overland Trail (Blue 1)Deer Run Trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Erwin Road ParkingWebsite ↗
Who protects it

1,567 conserved acres

7% of Cherry Creek’s land. Who manages Cherry Creek’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State conservation945 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)614 ac
Town or city7 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government2 ac
State Conservation Area · 943 acConservation Easement · 614 acLocal Park · 7 acLocal Resource Management Area · 2 acState Recreation Area · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 614 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Boutwell Hill State Forest
State Conservation Area
State conservation943Open
Village Cherry Creek Land
Local Park
Town or city5Unknown
Vil Cherry Creek Land
Local Park
Town or city2Unknown
Cherry Creek Village Lands
Local Resource Management Area
Other or Unknown Local Government2Open
Clear Creek Fishing Access
State Recreation Area
State conservation1Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Cherry Creek

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

Peaks in Cherry Creek
Boutwell Hill2,083 ft elevation
Directions
Pickup Hill2,067 ft elevation
Directions
South Hill1,939 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

5 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Horses · 8.0 mi
Deer Run Trail3.5 mi
Blue + Red Trail2.6 mi
Red 41.4 mi
Earl Cardot Eastside Overland Trail (Blue 1)1.4 mi
Red 20.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Beaver PondpondConewango Creek
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
6Baseball
1Multi-sport

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Cherry Creek: May, June, August and 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)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)313443566876807872604736
Rain (in)3.42.52.93.53.74.04.53.94.34.53.84.0

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Cherry Creek →

Next door

Cherry Creek and its neighbors

Cherry Creek has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Charlotte18 miCherry Creek13 miEllington1.9 miLeon1.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Cherry Creek7%0.490154%B+
Ellington3%0.148521%B−
Charlotte9%0.51,37038%A−
Leonunder 1%under 0.1under 1under 1%D−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Cherry Creek

Where can I hike in Cherry Creek?

The longest trail networks: Boutwell Hill State Forest, 6.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Cherry Creek is conserved land?

7% 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 Cherry Creek’s trails?

Boutwell Hill State Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Cherry Creek?

12,085 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cherry Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 956 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Cherry Creek have?

Ahead of 75% 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 Cherry Creek 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 →