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Downtown Mountaindale, NYPhoto: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Mountain Dale

Few parks or trails are on the map in Mountain Dale

5% of Mountain Dale’s land is conserved, about 190 acres. 194 acres are parks and preserves, 389 per 1,000 residents. 3.9 miles of mapped trail cross Mountain Dale, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
5%
190 acres · of 5.8 sq mi of land
Trails
3.9 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
194 ac
389 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
83%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

190 conserved acres

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

Other or Unknown Local Government178 ac
Town or city12 ac
Local Park · 187 acLocal Resource Management Area · 3 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Mountaindale Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government175Open
Town Of Fallsburg Land
Local Park
Town or city12Unknown
Fallsburg Town Lands
Local Resource Management Area
Other or Unknown Local Government3Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Mountain Dale

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

Public pools in Mountain Dale
Mountaindale Well #2
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Hillside Place0.3 mi
Biking & sports

0.9 miles of bike routes

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

0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Basketball

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

When to get out

May is the best month for walking in Mountain Dale

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)333645586876817972614837
Rain (in)3.72.93.83.94.15.15.04.95.05.13.94.3

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 5.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Mountain Dale →

Next door

Mountain Dale and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Mountain Dale— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fallsburg5%0.69040%B+
Mamakating11%0.625941%A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Mountain Dale

Where can I bike in Mountain Dale?

0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Mountain Dale?

26,097 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mountain Dale or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 194 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Mountain Dale 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 →