Dr. John Quincy Howe House · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Phelps has 181 acres of parks, 27 for every 1,000 residents
41% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 9.3 miles of mapped trail cross Phelps, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns · #669 of 758 in New York. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Phelps?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Phelps have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Phelps is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #669 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident 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.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
252 conserved acres
1% of Phelps’ land. Who manages Phelps’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 5 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phelps Town Lands Local Resource Management Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 128 | Open |
| Phelps Water Works, Village Of Land Local Other or Unknown | Regional Water Districts | 43 | Unknown |
| Hoksins Woods Preserve Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 26 | Closed |
| Hoksins Woods Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 26 | Closed |
| Newark State Developmental Center (Closed) State Resource Management Area | Other state land | 21 | Open |
| Ontario, County Of Land Local Park | County | 13 | Unknown |
| Ontario Pathways Lands Private Other or Unknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 7 | Closed |
| Clifton Springs, Village Of Land Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Unknown |
| Phelps Village Of Land Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Unknown |
| Phelps Town Of Land Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Unknown |
3 places to go in Phelps
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 named trails and 3 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.
8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Phelps: May 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 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 34 | 43 | 56 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 48 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Phelps →
Phelps and its neighbors
Phelps has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Phelps
How much of Phelps 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.
Are dogs allowed on Phelps’ trails?
Methodist Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Phelps?
7,122 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Phelps or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 200 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Phelps have?
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #669 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 Phelps 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 →