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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in LaGrange

LaGrange has 1,564 acres of parks, 95 for every 1,000 residents

36 miles of mapped trail cross LaGrange, 0.9 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Red Wing Recreation Area (17.2 mi), James Baird State Park (8.4 mi), Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area (4.5 mi). 46% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns · #303 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
5%
1,195 acres · of 39.9 sq mi of land
Trails
36 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,564 ac
95 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
46%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.5 mi
3.5 mi paths
Highest peak
626 ft
Sunset Hill
Lakes & rivers
4

What kind of outdoors town is LaGrange?

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

Room to roam95 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.A trail town0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 78% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does LaGrange have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, LaGrange is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #303 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of LaGrange’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (36 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land95 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,564 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home46% 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 74%
LessMore
New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 60%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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 Red Wing Recreation Area, with 17.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Red Wing Recreation Area

Park
497 acres17.2 mi of trail
Red TrailYellow TrailWhite TrailLake Trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

James Baird State Park

Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
646 acres8.4 mi of trail
red trailblue trailyellow trailgreen trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area

Nature preserve
147 acres4.5 mi of trail
Yellowyellowblue
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Pond Gut ParkingWebsite ↗

Freedom Park

Park
89 acres1.5 mi of trail
Green TrailRed TrailGreen Trail/Red Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Stringham Park

Park
70 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 8 parks & preserves
Red Wing Recreation Area497 acres · 17.2 mi of trail
Directions
James Baird State Park646 acres · 8.4 mi of trail · New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Directions
Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area147 acres · 4.5 mi of trail
Directions
Freedom Park89 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Directions
Stringham Park70 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Whortekill Rod & Gun Club19 acres
LaGrange Park16 acres
Directions
MacGhee Park4 acres
Who protects it

1,195 conserved acres

5% of LaGrange’s land. Who manages LaGrange’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State parks779 ac
Town or city253 ac
State conservation150 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government12 ac
State Park · 779 acLocal Park · 265 acState Resource Management Area · 150 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
James Baird State Park
State Park
State parks779Open
Town Of La Grange Land
Local Park
Town or city197Unknown
Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area
State Resource Management Area
State conservation150Open
Town Of LaGrange Land
Local Park
Town or city54Unknown
MacGhee Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government12Open
Town Of Poughkeepsie Land
Local Park
Town or city2Unknown
Things to do

14 places to go in LaGrange

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

Peaks in LaGrange
Sunset Hill626 ft elevation
Directions
Clover Hill367 ft elevation
Directions
Merry Hill351 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

22 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 0.7 mi
red trail2.2 mi
Red Trail1.4 mi
Yellow1.1 mi
blue trail0.8 mi
Yellow Trail0.8 mi
White Trail0.7 mi
Green Trail0.7 mi
Lake Trail0.7 mi
Stream Trail0.6 mi
Wappinger Creek Greenway Trail - North Extension0.6 mi
12 more trails
yellow
0.6 mi
yellow trail
0.6 mi
(um)
0.5 mi
Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad
0.4 mi
Red Wing Nature Trail
0.4 mi
White + Green Trail
0.3 mi
Red Trail (Hilltop)
0.2 mi
green trail
0.2 mi
blue + red trail
0.1 mi
white + green trail (Big Loop + Horseshoe, resp.)
0.1 mi
Yellow Trail (Easy Rider)
0.1 mi
blue
0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
East Bend LakeFreedom LakelakePond GutSprout Creek
Biking & sports

3.5 miles of bike routes

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

3.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
19Baseball
15Soccer
14Tennis
6Pickleball
5Basketball
3Football

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

History along the way

4 places on the National Register

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

History →
Beekman Meeting House and Friends' CemeteryBuilding · listed 1989
About it
Elias Titus HouseBuilding · listed 2006
About it
LaGrange District SchoolBuilding · listed 2013
About it
Shear HomesteadBuilding · listed 2021
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in LaGrange: April, May and July

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)363947617180848275635140
Rain (in)3.12.63.43.53.64.34.24.44.34.53.53.8

February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.5 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in LaGrange →

Next door

LaGrange and its neighbors

LaGrange has the second most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Poughkeepsie38 miLaGrange36 miPleasant Valley25 miBeekman13 miUnion Vale12 miWappinger4.2 miMacDonnell Heights0.1 miRed Oaks Mill0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
LaGrange5%0.99546%B+
Poughkeepsie10%1.33091%A
Red Oaks Mill— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pleasant Valley5%0.8522%C+
Wappinger5%0.22181%B
Union Vale3%0.39322%B−
Beekman19%0.46744%A−
MacDonnell Heights— 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 LaGrange

Where can I hike in LaGrange?

The longest trail networks: Red Wing Recreation Area, 17.2 miles; James Baird State Park, 8.4 miles; Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area, 4.5 miles; Freedom Park, 1.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of LaGrange is conserved land?

5% 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 LaGrange’s trails?

Red Wing Recreation Area and James Baird State Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in LaGrange?

3.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near LaGrange?

22,672 acres of parks and open public land lie inside LaGrange or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,713 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does LaGrange have?

Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #303 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 LaGrange 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 →