Coyle Hill State Forest
Nature preserve
1,459 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Friendship Free Library · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Friendship
Friendship has 1,490 acres of parks, 911 for every 1,000 residents
6% of Friendship’s land is conserved, about 1,491 acres. 1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Friendship. 49% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
1,491 acres · of 36.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.7 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,490 ac
911 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
49%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Friendship?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Friendship have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Friendship is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Friendship’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land911 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,490 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to home49% 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 59%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ 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.
Island Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
1,491 conserved acres
6% of Friendship’s land. Who manages Friendship’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State conservation1,462 ac
Regional agency13 ac
Town or city13 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government4 ac
State Conservation Area · 1,462 acLocal Park · 17 acLocal Other or Unknown · 13 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyle Hill State Forest State Conservation Area | State conservation | 1,462 | Open |
| Friendship Central School Land Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 13 | Unknown |
| Town Of Friendship Land Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Unknown |
| Friendship Town Lands Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 4 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Friendship
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Campgrounds in Friendship
1 campground 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
2Baseball
1Soccer
1Basketball
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Friendship: May, 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) | 31 | 34 | 43 | 57 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Friendship →
Next door
Friendship and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Friendship
How much of Friendship is conserved land?
6% 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 Friendship’s trails?
Coyle Hill State Forest and Island Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Friendship?
22,606 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Friendship or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,490 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Friendship have?
Ahead of 59% 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 Friendship 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 →