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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Minoa

Minoa has 26 acres of parks, 7.2 for every 1,000 residents

79% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Minoa’s land is conserved, about 25 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Minoa, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns · #563 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
25 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
26 ac
7.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
79%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Minoa have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Minoa is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns, #563 of 758 in New York. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Minoa’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 26%
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 Minoa Farms Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Minoa Farms Park

Park
16 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Lewis Park

Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

25 conserved acres

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

Town or city33 ac
Local Park · 33 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Village of Minoa Land
Local Park
Town or city25Open
Lewis Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Rees Field
Local Park
Town or city3Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Minoa

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

Playgrounds in Minoa

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
4Baseball
3Basketball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Minoa: May to 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)313342566977828073604837
Rain (in)2.72.52.93.53.64.13.93.73.64.23.33.2

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.2 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Minoa →

Questions about parks and trails in Minoa

Where can I hike in Minoa?

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

How much of Minoa 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 Minoa’s trails?

Minoa Farms Park and Lewis Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Minoa?

14,058 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Minoa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Minoa have?

Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #563 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 Minoa neighbors.

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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 →