Rowe House · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainCohocton has 81 acres of parks, 34 for every 1,000 residents
23% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4.1 miles of mapped trail cross Cohocton, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Cohocton?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Cohocton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cohocton is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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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166 conserved acres
under 1% of Cohocton’s land. Who manages Cohocton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 66 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 9 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Parks Recreation Area Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 44 | Open |
| Cohocton Town of Land Local Park | Town or city | 44 | Unknown |
| Cohocton Village of Land Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Unknown |
| North Cohocton Water Land Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Unknown |
6 places to go in Cohocton
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Cohocton: May, 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.
| 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) | 31 | 34 | 42 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Cohocton →
Cohocton and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohocton | under 1% | 0.1 | 34 | 23% | C |
| Prattsburgh | 1% | 0.2 | 25 | 33% | C+ |
| Avoca | under 1% | 0.1 | 7 | 41% | C− |
| Wayland | 3% | under 0.1 | 61 | 51% | B− |
| Naples | 10% | 0.7 | 280 | 56% | A− |
| Howard | 1% | 0.1 | 4 | 9% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Cohocton
How much of Cohocton 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 Cohocton?
21,694 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cohocton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 81 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cohocton have?
Ahead of 28% 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 Cohocton 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 →