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Downtown Kerhonkson, NYPhoto: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Kerhonkson

Few parks or trails are on the map in Kerhonkson

12% of Kerhonkson’s land is conserved, about 437 acres. 78 acres are parks and preserves, 47 per 1,000 residents. 2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Kerhonkson, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
12%
437 acres · of 5.7 sq mi of land
Trails
2.0 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
78 ac
47 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
77%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
1.0 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

437 conserved acres

12% of Kerhonkson’s land. Who manages Kerhonkson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits717 ac
Town or city76 ac
State conservation1 ac
Conservation Easement · 359 acAgricultural Easement · 358 acLocal Park · 76 acUnknown Easement · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 360 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 19 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Town of Wawarsing Land
Local Park
Town or city56Unknown
Town Of Rochester Land
Local Park
Town or city20Unknown
Trails & water

1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Pipeline0.7 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

1.0 miles of bike routes

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

1.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Kerhonkson: April, May, July and 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)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)353847607179848275635040
Rain (in)3.52.93.73.73.84.84.54.54.84.73.64.2

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.8 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Kerhonkson →

Next door

Kerhonkson and its neighbors

Kerhonkson has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Kerhonkson— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Accord— 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 Kerhonkson

Where can I bike in Kerhonkson?

1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Kerhonkson?

53,708 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kerhonkson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 78 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Kerhonkson 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 →