Falconer Park
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Falconer
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Falconer
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Falconer, 0.5 per square mile of land. 4% of Falconer’s land is conserved, about 25 acres.
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
25 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
26 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Falconer?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Falconer have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Falconer is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Falconer’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (26 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 74%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Falconer. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
25 conserved acres
4% of Falconer’s land. Who manages Falconer’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city20 ac
County10 ac
Local Park · 20 acLocal Recreation Area · 10 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village of Falconer Land Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Unknown |
| County Of Chautauqua Land Local Park | County | 6 | Unknown |
| Unknown Ball Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Abe Mattison Millrace Park Local Recreation Area | County | 4 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Falconer
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Falconer
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
3Baseball
1Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Falconer: 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 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 44 | 58 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Falconer →
Questions about parks and trails in Falconer
How much of Falconer is conserved land?
4% 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 Falconer’s trails?
Falconer Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Falconer?
7,770 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Falconer or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Falconer have?
Ahead of 74% 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 Falconer 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 →