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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in New Bremen

New Bremen has 631 acres of parks, 227 for every 1,000 residents

29% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 10 miles of mapped trail cross New Bremen, 0.2 per square mile of land. 4% of New Bremen’s land is conserved, about 1,371 acres.

Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns · #519 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
1,371 acres · of 55.8 sq mi of land
Trails
10 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
631 ac
227 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
29%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,152 ft
Beech Hill
Lakes & rivers
2

What kind of outdoors town is New Bremen?

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

Room to roam227 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does New Bremen have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Bremen is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #519 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of New Bremen’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (10 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land227 acres of park per 1,000 residents (631 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home29% 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 54%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 32%
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.

1
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Indian Pipe State Forest

Nature preserve
509 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Crystal Creek Fishing AccessWebsite ↗
Who protects it

1,371 conserved acres

4% of New Bremen’s land. Who manages New Bremen’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State conservation1,128 ac
County111 ac
Town or city102 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)30 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government2 ac
Unknown Easement · 606 acState Conservation Area · 514 acLocal Conservation Area · 111 acLocal Park · 104 acConservation Easement · 30 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 636 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 5 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Indian Pipe State Forest
State Conservation Area
State conservation514Open
Lewis County Lands
Local Conservation Area
County111Restricted
Village of Lowville Land
Local Park
Town or city90Unknown
Village Of Croghan Land
Local Park
Town or city8Unknown
Crystal Creek Fishing Access
State Recreation Area
State conservation7Open
Town of New Bremen Land
Local Park
Town or city4Unknown
New Bremen Comm Improvement Lands
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government2Open
Things to do

4 places to go in New Bremen

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

Fishing spots in New Bremen
Crystal Creek Fishing Access
Directions
Crystal Creek Fishing Access
Directions
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Crystal PondreservoirBeaver 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.

Courts & fields
5Baseball
2Tennis
2Basketball
1Football

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Moser FarmBuilding · listed 2010
About it
Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2024
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in New Bremen: 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)273039536674787770574433
Rain (in)3.52.62.93.43.74.03.73.83.84.73.83.7

February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.7 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in New Bremen →

Next door

New Bremen and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Watson67 miCroghan45 miNew Bremen10 miDenmark2.3 miLowville0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
New Bremen4%0.222729%B−
Croghan32%0.35,36832%A−
Lowville2%under 0.13057%C
Denmarkunder 1%under 0.13134%C
Watson52%0.614,53228%A

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

Questions about parks and trails in New Bremen

How much of New Bremen is conserved land?

4% 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 New Bremen’s trails?

Indian Pipe State Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near New Bremen?

113,536 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Bremen or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 631 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does New Bremen have?

Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #519 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 New Bremen 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 →