New Haven has 5.5 miles of mapped trails, 0.2 for every square mile of land
21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 31 acres are parks and preserves, 10 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns · #724 of 758 in New York. What drives it
How much outdoors does New Haven have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Haven is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns, #724 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Water is 7% of New Haven’s area (2 of 33 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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94 conserved acres
under 1% of New Haven’s land. Water is left out: New Haven has 31.1 square miles of land and 2.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages New Haven’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 34 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Of Oswego Land Local Park | County | 30 | Unknown |
| Oswego County Lands Local Conservation Area | County | 30 | Restricted |
4 places to go in New Haven
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in New Haven: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 32 | 41 | 54 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 59 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.6 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in New Haven →
New Haven and its neighbors
New Haven has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in New Haven
How much of New Haven is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Is there public land near New Haven?
6,033 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Haven or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 31 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does New Haven have?
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #724 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 Haven neighbors.
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 →