Photo: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY; color-corrected and cropped by Daniel Case 2009-10-30 · CC BY-SA 2.0Hartford has 73 acres of parks, 38 for every 1,000 residents
1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Hartford.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hartford?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hartford have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hartford is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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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119 conserved acres
under 1% of Hartford’s land. Who manages Hartford’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 46 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champlain Canal State Recreation Area | Other state land | 74 | Open |
4 places to go in Hartford
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Hartford: 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.
| 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 | 34 | 43 | 57 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
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 Hartford →
Hartford and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | under 1% | under 0.1 | 38 | under 1% | C− |
| Fort Ann | 28% | 0.6 | 2,280 | 67% | A |
| Kingsbury | 5% | 0.2 | 54 | 63% | B |
| Hebron | 1% | 0.1 | 10 | 1% | D |
| Granville | 1% | 0.1 | 13 | 40% | C |
| Argyle | under 1% | under 0.1 | 4 | 13% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hartford
How much of Hartford is conserved land?
under 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.
Is there public land near Hartford?
15,169 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hartford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 73 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hartford have?
Ahead of 20% 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 Hartford 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 →