Photo: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY · CC BY-SA 2.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Dayton
1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Dayton. 33% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 9.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Dayton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dayton is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. 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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193 conserved acres
1% of Dayton’s land. Who manages Dayton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 178 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Of South Dayton Land Local Park | Town or city | 15 | Unknown |
2 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.
The best walking months in Dayton: 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.
| 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) | 32 | 34 | 43 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Dayton →
Dayton and its neighbors
Dayton has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Dayton
How much of Dayton is conserved land?
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 Dayton?
13,880 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dayton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dayton have?
Ahead of 19% 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 Dayton 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 →