Yale-Cady Octagon House and Yale Lock Factory Site · Photo: Octavia Graystone · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Newport
159 acres are parks and preserves, 91 per 1,000 residents. 46% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Newport?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Newport have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Newport is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold 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
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158 conserved acres
1% of Newport’s land. Who manages Newport’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 3 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village of Newport Land Local Park | Town or city | 151 | Unknown |
| Town Of Russia Land Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Unknown |
| West Canada Creek Fishing Access State Recreation Area | State conservation | 1 | Open |
| Newport Village Lands Local Resource Management Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
3 places to go in Newport
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 lakes & rivers
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.
6 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Newport: May, August and 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 29 | 32 | 41 | 55 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 46 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Newport →
Newport 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1% | under 0.1 | 91 | 46% | C |
| Fairfield | 8% | under 0.1 | 1,029 | 33% | B |
| Russia | 17% | 0.3 | 2,637 | 53% | A− |
| Norway | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Schuyler | 6% | under 0.1 | 440 | 60% | B |
| Herkimer | 4% | under 0.1 | 82 | 88% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Newport
How much of Newport 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.
Is there public land near Newport?
31,067 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Newport or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 159 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Newport have?
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Newport 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 →