Few parks or trails are on the map in Potter
4% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Potter, 0.1 per square mile of land. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Potter?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Potter have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Potter is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come 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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120 conserved acres
under 1% of Potter’s land. Who manages Potter’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 114 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Of Potter Land Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Unknown |
1 places to go in Potter
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Potter: May, 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 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 34 | 42 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Potter →
Potter and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Potter
How much of Potter 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 Potter?
13,875 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Potter or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Potter have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Potter 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 →