106 miles of mapped trail cross Ramapo, 1.7 per square mile of land. 11,712 acres are parks and preserves, 77 per 1,000 residents. The biggest trail networks: Harriman State Park (72.6 mi), The Powerlinez Climbing Area (2.5 mi), South Mountain Park (0.7 mi).
Ahead of 97% of U.S. towns · #49 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Conserved land
32%
12,407 acres · of 61.2 sq mi of land
Trails
106 mi
1.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
11,712 ac
77 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
86%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
6.7 mi
1.0 mi paths
Highest peak
1,240 ft
Diamond Mountain
Lakes & rivers
12
What kind of outdoors town is Ramapo?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ramapo is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns, #49 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.
A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ramapo’s overall grade.
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Ramapo ranks #19 on Outdoors.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be A+. 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.
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.0 mi
off-road bike paths
5.7 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
62Baseball
48Tennis
18Basketball
12Soccer
5Football
2Pickleball
1Multi-sport
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
22 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 6 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Ramapo: April 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.
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)
37
40
48
61
71
79
84
82
75
64
52
42
Rain (in)
3.5
2.8
4.0
4.0
3.8
4.6
4.5
4.6
4.5
4.5
3.7
4.2
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Ramapo →
Next door
Ramapo and its neighbors
Ramapo has the second most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Ramapo
Where can I hike in Ramapo?
The longest trail networks: Harriman State Park, 72.6 miles; The Powerlinez Climbing Area, 2.5 miles; South Mountain Park, 0.7 miles; Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Ramapo is conserved land?
32% 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 Ramapo’s trails?
Harriman State Park and The Powerlinez Climbing Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Ramapo?
6.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of off-road paths and 5.7 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Ramapo?
144,200 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ramapo or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11,722 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ramapo have?
Ahead of 97% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #49 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 Ramapo neighbors.
Photo: Alexisrael · CC BY-SA 3.0