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Outdoors in Granville

Granville has 82 acres of parks, 13 for every 1,000 residents

40% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 7.9 miles of mapped trail cross Granville, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #700 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
212 acres · of 55.6 sq mi of land
Trails
7.9 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
82 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
40%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
620 ft
The Pinnacle
Lakes & rivers
5

What kind of outdoors town is Granville?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

History along the way6 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Granville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Granville is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #700 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Granville’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land13 acres of park per 1,000 residents (82 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home40% 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 28%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 8%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. 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

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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Granville Little League, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Granville Little League

Park
20 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Veteran's Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

212 conserved acres

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

Land trusts & nonprofits263 ac
Town or city78 ac
State conservation2 ac
Agricultural Easement · 263 acLocal Park · 56 acLocal Recreation Area · 22 acState Recreation Area · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 133 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Granville Village Of Land
Local Park
Town or city55Open
Granville Little League Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city22Open
Mettawee River Fishing Access
State Recreation Area
State conservation2Open
Veterans Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

8 places to go in Granville

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

Playgrounds in Granville
Richards Memorial ParkIn Granville Little League
Directions

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

Trails & water

4 named trails and 5 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 5.0 miUnpaved · 3.3 mi
Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail1.1 mi
Telescope detour trail0.4 mi
former D&H spur to slate mill, gone by 19500.2 mi
former D&H Washington Branch, torn up 19860.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Gillespie PondRathbun PondTatko Red quarryIndian RiverMettawee River
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.

Delaware & Hudson Rail TrailBike route
5 mi
D&H Rail TrailBike route
0.6 mi
Courts & fields
15Baseball
5Tennis
4Soccer
2Football
1Basketball

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

History along the way

6 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
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Lemuel Haynes HouseNational Historic Landmark · Building · listed 1975
About it
US Post Office-GranvilleBuilding · listed 1989
About it
South Granville Congregational Church and ParsonageBuilding · listed 2005
About it
Dayton-Williams HouseBuilding · listed 2006
About it
Town-Hollister FarmBuilding · listed 2008
About it
Farmer's National Bank and W.H. Hughes Slate Company OfficeBuilding · listed 2014
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Granville: May 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.69.0
High (°F)303443576977828072604736
Rain (in)2.72.22.93.23.54.24.03.93.44.03.03.2

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Granville →

Next door

Granville and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Fort Ann69 miPawlet34 miWhitehall25 miWells11 miGranville7.9 miHebron3.1 miHartford1.7 miWest Pawlet1.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Granville1%0.11340%C
Hartfordunder 1%under 0.138under 1%C−
Whitehall16%0.491966%A
Fort Ann28%0.62,28067%A
Hebron1%0.1101%D

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Granville

Where can I hike in Granville?

The longest trail networks: Granville Little League, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Granville 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.

Are dogs allowed on Granville’s trails?

Granville Little League and Veteran's Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Granville?

20,721 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Granville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 82 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Granville have?

Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #700 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 Granville neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →