Clarendon Stone Store · Photo: Steven Hamsness · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Clarendon
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Clarendon. 26% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 3.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns · #755 of 758 in New York. What drives it
How much outdoors does Clarendon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clarendon is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #755 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
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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11 conserved acres
under 1% of Clarendon’s land. Who manages Clarendon’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 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holley Water Company Lands Local Resource Management Area | Regional Water Districts | 8 | Open |
| Clarendon Town Lands Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 3 | Open |
| Town of Clarendon Land Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Unknown |
1 places to go in Clarendon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 named trail
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Clarendon: 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 34 | 42 | 55 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.5 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Clarendon →
Clarendon and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Clarendon
How much of Clarendon 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.
Is there public land near Clarendon?
6,208 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clarendon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Clarendon have?
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #755 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 Clarendon 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 →