Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in New Hyde Park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns · #715 of 758 in New York. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is New Hyde Park?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does New Hyde Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Hyde Park is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns, #715 of 758 in New York. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Nuzzi Field
Floral Park Recreation Center
4 conserved acres
1% of New Hyde Park’s land. Who manages New Hyde Park’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| INC VILLAGE OF NEW HYDE PARK Land Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| INC VILLAGE OF FLORAL PARK Land Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Unknown |
9 places to go in New Hyde Park
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in New Hyde Park: April 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 43 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 80 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 55 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in New Hyde Park →
New Hyde Park and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hyde Park | 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 99%+ | C |
| Garden City | 4% | 1.3 | 8 | 99%+ | A− |
| Floral Park | 3% | 0.6 | 2 | 99%+ | B |
| North New Hyde Park | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Stewart Manor | 3% | under 0.1 | 1 | 99%+ | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in New Hyde Park
How much of New Hyde Park is conserved land?
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.
Are dogs allowed on New Hyde Park’s trails?
New Hyde Park Memorial Park and Nuzzi Field don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near New Hyde Park?
19,952 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Hyde Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does New Hyde Park have?
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #715 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 Hyde Park 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 →