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Outdoors in Harris Hill

Few parks or trails are on the map in Harris Hill

3% of Harris Hill’s land is conserved, about 75 acres. 48 acres are parks and preserves, 7.9 per 1,000 residents. 5.2 miles of mapped trail cross Harris Hill, 1.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
75 acres · of 4.0 sq mi of land
Trails
5.2 mi
1.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
48 ac
7.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
65%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.8 mi
3.0 mi lanes · 0.8 mi paths
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Harris Hill Park

Park
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Fogelsonger Park

Managed by Town of Clarence
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

75 conserved acres

3% of Harris Hill’s land. Who manages Harris Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city68 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits27 ac
Regional Water Districts2 ac
Local Park · 42 acConservation Easement · 27 acState Park · 26 acLocal Other or Unknown · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 27 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Town Of Clarence Land
Local Park
Town or city23Unknown
Sunset Park
State Park
Town or city20Open
Clarence Cntrl Sch Dist Land
Local Park
Town or city20Unknown
Fogelsonger Park Fogelsonger Park
State Park
Town or city6Open
Erie County Water Authority Land
Local Other or Unknown
Regional Water Districts2Unknown
Things to do

4 places to go in Harris Hill

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

Playgrounds in Harris Hill
McDonald's PlayPlace
Directions

Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

3.8 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

3.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Tennis
4Basketball
4Baseball
3Football
1Pickleball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Harris Hill: May to August

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)9.310.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.410.99.79.0
High (°F)323443566877817973604837
Rain (in)3.02.22.73.43.33.53.63.44.03.83.33.4

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.0 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Harris Hill →

Next door

Harris Hill and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Harris Hill— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Clarence5%0.31760%B
Amherst10%0.92381%A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Harris Hill

Are dogs allowed on Harris Hill’s trails?

Harris Hill Park and Fogelsonger Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Harris Hill?

3.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.0 of painted or protected lanes and 0.8 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Harris Hill?

10,365 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harris Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 74 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Harris Hill 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 →