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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Conquest

17% of Conquest’s land is conserved: 3,853 acres

The biggest trail networks: Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (14.2 mi). 10% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 14 miles of mapped trail cross Conquest, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
17%
3,853 acres · of 35.2 sq mi of land
Trails
14 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
9.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
10%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
509 ft
Eagle Hill
Lakes & rivers
5
1 boat launch

What kind of outdoors town is Conquest?

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

Land that stays wild17% of the land is conserved; a typical New York town, 5%.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Conquest have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Conquest is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Conquest’s overall grade.
Conserved land17% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (14 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land9.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (17 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home10% 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 49%
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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

The longest trail network is Northern Montezuma WMA, with 14.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
3,834 acres14.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it

3,853 conserved acres

17% of Conquest’s land. Who manages Conquest’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State conservation4,402 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government8 ac
Town or city5 ac
Other state land4 ac
State Resource Management Area · 3,834 acState Conservation Area · 568 acLocal Park · 13 acState Recreation Area · 4 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Northern Montezuma Wma
State Resource Management Area
State conservation3,834Open
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State conservation568Restricted
Conquest Recreation Field
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government8Open
Town of Conquest Land
Local Park
Town or city5Unknown
Erie Canal
State Recreation Area
Other state land4Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Conquest

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

Peaks in Conquest
Eagle Hill509 ft elevation · In Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area
Directions
Hickory Hill466 ft elevation · In Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area
Directions
Trails & water

5 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Duck LakelakeMud PondSlayton PondStark PondSeneca River
When to get out

The best walking months in Conquest: 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)9.310.511.813.314.615.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)313342556877818072604837
Rain (in)2.92.32.83.33.33.73.83.63.64.13.43.3

February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.1 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Conquest →

Next door

Conquest and its neighbors

Conquest has the most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Conquest14 miMontezuma6.6 miMentz2.5 miVictory2.5 miSavannah1.8 miCato1.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Conquest17%0.4910%B−
Mentz3%0.115074%B
Montezuma15%0.460344%A−
Savannah24%0.18228%B
Catounder 1%under 0.13041%C
Victoryunder 1%0.11615%C−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Conquest

Where can I hike in Conquest?

The longest trail networks: Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area, 14.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Conquest is conserved land?

17% 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 Conquest’s trails?

Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Conquest?

11,270 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Conquest or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3,302 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Conquest have?

Ahead of 49% 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 Conquest 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 →