Photo: Jondude11 · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Nyack
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 11 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Nyack, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns · #491 of 758 in New York. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Nyack?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Nyack have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Nyack is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #491 of 758 in New York. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Water is more than half of Nyack’s area (1 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Nyack Memorial Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
11 conserved acres
2% of Nyack’s land. Water is left out: Nyack has 0.8 square miles of land and 0.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Nyack’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Of Nyack Land Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Unknown |
| Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
3 places to go in Nyack
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
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 Nyack: April to June, 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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 42 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 54 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Nyack →
Nyack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyack | 2% | 0.5 | 2 | 99%+ | B |
| Valley Cottage | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Orangetown | 20% | 1.9 | 50 | 92% | A+ |
| Upper Nyack | 27% | 3.6 | 99 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Clarkstown | 15% | 1.0 | 42 | 89% | A |
| Sleepy Hollow | 27% | 6.0 | 31 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Mount Pleasant | 25% | 2.8 | 88 | 94% | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Nyack
Where can I hike in Nyack?
The longest trail networks: Nyack Memorial Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Nyack is conserved land?
2% 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 Nyack’s trails?
Nyack Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Nyack?
27,467 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nyack or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Nyack have?
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #491 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 Nyack 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 →