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Forestville Station - August 2015Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Forestville

Few parks or trails are on the map in Forestville

2 acres are parks and preserves, 2.8 per 1,000 residents. 87% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
2.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
87%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

2 conserved acres

under 1% of Forestville’s land. Who manages Forestville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city1 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government1 ac
Local Park · 1 acLocal Resource Management Area · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Town of Hanover Land
Local Park
Town or city1Unknown
Forestville Village Lands
Local Resource Management Area
Other or Unknown Local Government1Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Forestville

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

Playgrounds in Forestville

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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
5Baseball
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Forestville: 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)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)333543566876807973614938
Rain (in)2.82.22.63.23.33.64.03.63.94.13.43.5

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.1 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Forestville →

Questions about parks and trails in Forestville

Is there public land near Forestville?

5,494 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Forestville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Forestville 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 →