Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Little Falls
154 acres are parks and preserves, 109 per 1,000 residents. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Little Falls. 28% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Little Falls?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Little Falls have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Little Falls is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull 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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154 conserved acres
1% of Little Falls’ land. Who manages Little Falls’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Canal State Recreation Area | Other state land | 154 | Open |
1 places to go in Little Falls
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
2.6 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 Little Falls: 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 33 | 42 | 56 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Little Falls →
Little Falls 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Falls | 1% | under 0.1 | 109 | 28% | C |
| Herkimer | 4% | under 0.1 | 82 | 88% | B |
| German Flatts | 6% | 0.2 | 62 | 90% | B+ |
| Danube | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Stark | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Fairfield | 8% | under 0.1 | 1,029 | 33% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Little Falls
How much of Little Falls is conserved land?
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.
Where can I bike in Little Falls?
2.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Little Falls?
10,845 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Little Falls or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 154 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Little Falls have?
Ahead of 34% 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 Little Falls 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 →