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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Marlborough

Marlborough has 165 acres of parks, 19 for every 1,000 residents

23% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 11 miles of mapped trail cross Marlborough, 0.4 per square mile of land. 2% of Marlborough’s land is conserved, about 391 acres.

Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns · #593 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
391 acres · of 24.5 sq mi of land
Trails
11 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
165 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
23%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,115 ft
Marlboro Mountain

What kind of outdoors town is Marlborough?

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

History along the way7 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Marlborough have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Marlborough is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns, #593 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Marlborough’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (11 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (165 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13BParks close to home23% 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 44%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 22%

Water is 8% of Marlborough’s area (2 of 26 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. 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 Cluett Schantz Memorial Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Cluett Schantz Memorial Park

Park
61 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Milton Landing Park

Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

391 conserved acres

2% of Marlborough’s land. Water is left out: Marlborough has 24.5 square miles of land and 2.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Marlborough’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits349 ac
Town or city101 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)62 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government61 ac
Agricultural Easement · 180 acLocal Park · 162 acConservation Easement · 127 acOther Easement · 102 acUnknown Easement · 3 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 235 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 16 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Town of Marlborough Land
Local Park
Town or city78Unknown
Cluett Schantz Memorial Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government61Open
Young'S Park
Local Park
Town or city12Open
Milton Landing Park
Local Park
Town or city10Open
Things to do

8 places to go in Marlborough

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

Peaks in Marlborough
Marlboro Mountain1,115 ft elevation
Directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
7Baseball
2Soccer
1Football
1Tennis
1Basketball

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

History along the way

7 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Dubois-Sarles OctagonBuilding · listed 2002
About it
Chapel Hill Bible ChurchBuilding · listed 2005
About it
Milton Railroad StationBuilding · listed 2007
About it
Lattingtown Baptist ChurchBuilding · listed 2010
About it
Christ Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 2010
About it
Elliot-Buckley HouseBuilding · listed 2011
About it
Shady Brook FarmBuilding · listed 2012
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Marlborough: 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)353947607179848275635040
Rain (in)3.12.53.43.63.54.44.24.34.24.43.43.8

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.4 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Marlborough →

Next door

Marlborough and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Poughkeepsie38 miLloyd12 miNewburgh12 miMarlborough11 miPlattekill5.3 miMarlboro2.1 miMilton1.9 miClintondale1.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Marlborough2%0.41923%C+
Lloyd9%0.412167%A−
Poughkeepsie10%1.33091%A
Marlboro— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Newburgh— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Milton— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Plattekill1%0.22113%C
Clintondale— 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 Marlborough

Where can I hike in Marlborough?

The longest trail networks: Cluett Schantz Memorial Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Marlborough is conserved land?

2% 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 Marlborough’s trails?

Cluett Schantz Memorial Park and Milton Landing Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Marlborough?

31,634 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Marlborough or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 165 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Marlborough have?

Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #593 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 Marlborough 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 →