Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Palm Tree
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Palm Tree, 0.1 per square mile of land. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #752 of 758 in New York. What drives it
How much outdoors does Palm Tree have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Palm Tree is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #752 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
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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2 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.
The best walking months in Palm Tree: April, May, July and August
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 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 38 | 47 | 59 | 70 | 78 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 50 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Palm Tree →
Palm Tree and its neighbors
Palm Tree has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Tree | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 52% | D |
| Monroe | 22% | 0.8 | 101 | 79% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Palm Tree
How much of Palm Tree 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 Palm Tree?
80,117 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Palm Tree or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Palm Tree have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #752 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 Palm Tree 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 →