US Post Office-Fulton · Photo: Jimmy Emerson (jimmywayne) · CC BY-SA 2.021% of Fulton’s land is conserved, and 98% of residents live within a half mile of a park
21% of Fulton’s land is conserved, about 544 acres. 538 acres are parks and preserves, 48 per 1,000 residents. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Fulton, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns · #165 of 758 in New York. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fulton?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fulton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fulton is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns, #165 of 758 in New York. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Water is 21% of Fulton’s area (1 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 17%.
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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544 conserved acres
21% of Fulton’s land. Water is left out: Fulton has 3.9 square miles of land and 1.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Fulton’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 2 of 14 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fulton Land Local Park | Town or city | 507 | Unknown |
| Oswego Canal State Recreation Area | Other state land | 28 | Open |
| Vanburen Park Local Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Park Local Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Rowlee Beach Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Foster Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Fulton City School District Land Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 6 | Unknown |
| Voorhees Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| John Lincoln Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Oswego Falls Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
4 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
5 places to go in Fulton
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
4 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.
8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Fulton: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 33 | 41 | 55 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.5 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Fulton →
Fulton and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Fulton
How much of Fulton is conserved land?
21% 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 Fulton?
7,602 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fulton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 538 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Fulton have?
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #165 of 758 in New York. 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 Fulton 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 →