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Monroe CR 185 in Parma NYPhoto: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Parma

Parma has 286 acres of parks, 18 for every 1,000 residents

The biggest trail networks: Parma Town Park (4.5 mi), Salmon Creek Nature Preserve (1.4 mi). 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 16 miles of mapped trail cross Parma, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns · #545 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
729 acres · of 42.0 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
286 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
48%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.8 mi
1.8 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
5
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Parma have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Parma is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #545 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Parma’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (16 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land18 acres of park per 1,000 residents (286 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13BParks close to home48% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 50%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 28%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Parma Town Park, with 4.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Parma Town Park

Managed by Town of Parma
145 acres4.5 mi of trail
Parma Park Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Salmon Creek Nature Preserve

Managed by Genesee Land Trust
28 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
298 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Hilton Village Park

Managed by Village of Hilton
27 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
Parma Town Park145 acres · 4.5 mi of trail · Town of Parma
Directions
Salmon Creek Nature Preserve28 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · Genesee Land Trust
Directions
Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area298 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Directions
Hilton Village Park27 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Village of Hilton
Directions
Salmon Creek Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Village of Hilton
Directions
Who protects it

729 conserved acres

3% of Parma’s land. Who manages Parma’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State conservation535 ac
Joint210 ac
Town or city105 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government79 ac
County36 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)25 ac
State Resource Management Area · 298 acState Conservation Area · 237 acAgricultural Easement · 210 acLocal Park · 182 acLocal Other or Unknown · 36 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 236 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 12 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Braddock Bay Wma
State Resource Management Area
State conservation298Open
Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State conservation237Restricted
Parma Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government77Open
Village Of Hilton Land
Local Park
Town or city54Unknown
Town Of Parma Land
Local Park
Town or city46Unknown
Lake Ontario, Parma (Monroe County)
Local Other or Unknown
County36Open
Salmon Creek Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
Hilton Village Lands
Local Resource Management Area
Other or Unknown Local Government2Open
Things to do

11 places to go in Parma

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Disc golf in Parma
Parma Disc Golf CourseIn Parma Town Park
Directions
Trails & water

2 named trails and 5 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 1.5 mi
Parma Park Nature Trail0.8 mi
Ontario Branch0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Koss PondpondBrush CreekEast CreekSalmon CreekWest Creek
Biking & sports

1.8 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
13Baseball
8Soccer
5Tennis
3Basketball
1Multi-sport
1Skate park
1Softball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Chase Cobblestone FarmhouseBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Curtis-Crumb FarmBuilding · listed 1997
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Parma: May 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)323442556776817973604838
Rain (in)2.42.02.33.03.03.13.23.03.23.42.72.6

February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.4 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Parma →

Next door

Parma and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Greece36 miOgden17 miParma16 miHamlin9.2 miClarkson5.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Parma3%0.41848%B−
Ogden4%0.54673%B+
Hamlin4%0.212638%B
Greece15%0.72161%A−
Clarksonunder 1%0.21651%C

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Parma

Where can I hike in Parma?

The longest trail networks: Parma Town Park, 4.5 miles; Salmon Creek Nature Preserve, 1.4 miles; Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area, 0.4 miles; Hilton Village Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Parma is conserved land?

3% 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 Parma’s trails?

Parma Town Park and Salmon Creek Nature Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Parma?

1.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.8 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Parma?

15,417 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Parma or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 350 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Parma have?

Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #545 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 Parma neighbors.

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Sources

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 →