Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Olean has 35 miles of mapped trails, 1.2 for every square mile of land
11% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Olean?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Olean have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Olean is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls 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.
5 conserved acres
under 1% of Olean’s land. Who manages Olean’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cattaraugus County Lands Local Conservation Area | County | 3 | Restricted |
| City Of Olean-Reservoir Land Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Unknown |
6 places to go in Olean
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
The best walking months in Olean: May, 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 45 | 58 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Olean →
Olean and its neighbors
Olean has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olean | under 1% | 1.2 | 2 | 11% | C− |
| Portville | 1% | 0.2 | 4 | 23% | C− |
| Hinsdale | under 1% | 0.1 | 17 | 16% | C− |
| Allegany | 7% | 0.6 | 443 | 35% | B+ |
| St. Bonaventure | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Olean
How much of Olean 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 Olean?
12,310 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Olean or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Olean have?
Ahead of 20% 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 Olean 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 →