Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Dundee
5 acres are parks and preserves, 2.7 per 1,000 residents. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Dundee, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Dundee?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Dundee have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dundee is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull 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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5 conserved acres
1% of Dundee’s land. Who manages Dundee’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 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Of Dundee Land Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Unknown |
1 places to go in Dundee
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.
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 Dundee: May and August
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 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Dundee →
Questions about parks and trails in Dundee
How much of Dundee 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 Dundee?
17,626 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dundee or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dundee have?
Ahead of 31% 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 Dundee 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 →