Gold Seal Winery · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainPulteney has 134 acres of parks, 125 for every 1,000 residents
3% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.9 miles of mapped trail cross Pulteney, 0.1 per square mile of land. 1% of Pulteney’s land is conserved, about 272 acres.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Pulteney?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Pulteney have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pulteney is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Water is 9% of Pulteney’s area (3 of 36 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
272 conserved acres
1% of Pulteney’s land. Water is left out: Pulteney has 33.1 square miles of land and 3.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Pulteney’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 139 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbana State Forest State Conservation Area | State conservation | 133 | Open |
1 named trail
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Pulteney: May 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 34 | 42 | 55 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 59 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Pulteney →
Pulteney and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulteney | 1% | 0.1 | 125 | 3% | C |
| Jerusalem | 5% | 0.1 | 320 | 39% | B− |
| Urbana | 11% | 0.5 | 1,343 | 44% | A− |
| Prattsburgh | 1% | 0.2 | 25 | 33% | C+ |
| Wayne | — 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 Pulteney
How much of Pulteney 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 Pulteney’s trails?
Urbana State Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pulteney?
22,440 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pulteney or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 134 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pulteney have?
Ahead of 34% 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 Pulteney 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 →