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Junction of NY 38 with NY 31Photo: Otto Yamamoto · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Mentz

Mentz has 262 acres of parks, 150 for every 1,000 residents

2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Mentz, 0.1 per square mile of land. 74% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Mentz’s land is conserved, about 301 acres.

Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
301 acres · of 16.9 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
262 ac
150 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
74%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch

What kind of outdoors town is Mentz?

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

Room to roam150 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Mentz have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mentz is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mentz’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land150 acres of park per 1,000 residents (262 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home74% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 62%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− 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.

12
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 Erie Canal Heritage Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Erie Canal Heritage Park

Park
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Erie Canal Heritage Park Parking

Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
54 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Who protects it

301 conserved acres

3% of Mentz’s land. Who manages Mentz’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other state land214 ac
State conservation107 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government26 ac
Town or city13 ac
State Recreation Area · 187 acState Conservation Area · 81 acState Resource Management Area · 54 acLocal Park · 37 acLocal Resource Management Area · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 8 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Erie Canal
State Recreation Area
Other state land187Open
Unknown Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government61Open
Northern Montezuma Wma
State Resource Management Area
State conservation54Open
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State conservation53Restricted
Port Byron Village Of Land
Local Park
Town or city4Unknown
Port Byron Village Lands
Local Resource Management Area
Other or Unknown Local Government2Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Mentz

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

Boat launches in Mentz
Route 38 Boat Launch
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.4 miUnpaved · 2.1 mi
Erie Canalway Trail1.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Owasco River
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.

Erie Canalway Trail - 1 Buffalo to FairgroundsBike route
1.4 mi
Courts & fields
5Baseball
3Tennis
1Basketball
1Football

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

History along the way

1 place 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 →
Erie Canal Lock 52 ComplexDistrict · listed 1998
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Mentz: May, June, August 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.310.511.813.314.615.315.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)323442566877818073604837
Rain (in)2.82.22.83.33.33.83.93.73.74.03.33.2

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.0 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Mentz →

Next door

Mentz and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Conquest14 miMontezuma6.6 miBrutus4.6 miMentz2.5 miThroop1.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Mentz3%0.115074%B
Conquest17%0.4910%B−
Montezuma15%0.460344%A−
Brutus2%0.23469%B−
Throopunder 1%0.11935%C−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Mentz

Where can I hike in Mentz?

The longest trail networks: Erie Canal Heritage Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Mentz is conserved land?

3% 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 Mentz’s trails?

Erie Canal Heritage Park and Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Mentz?

9,305 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mentz or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 263 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Mentz have?

Ahead of 62% 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 Mentz 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 →