Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Hewlett Harbor
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Hewlett Harbor, 0.1 per square mile of land. 79% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Hewlett Harbor have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hewlett Harbor is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 13% of Hewlett Harbor’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
1 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.
The best walking months in Hewlett Harbor: April 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 43 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 55 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Hewlett Harbor →
Hewlett Harbor and its neighbors
Hewlett Harbor has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett Harbor | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 79% | C− |
| Hewlett Bay Park | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| East Rockaway | 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 99% | C+ |
| Bay Park | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Hewlett | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Hewlett Neck | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hewlett Harbor
How much of Hewlett Harbor 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 Hewlett Harbor?
28,213 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hewlett Harbor or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hewlett Harbor have?
Ahead of 18% 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 Hewlett Harbor 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 →