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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Ridgeway

Ridgeway has 240 acres of parks, 37 for every 1,000 residents

7.1 miles of mapped trail cross Ridgeway, 0.1 per square mile of land. 66% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns · #600 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
205 acres · of 50.0 sq mi of land
Trails
7.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
240 ac
37 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
66%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
4.6 mi
4.5 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
3
2 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Ridgeway?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

History along the way7 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Ridgeway have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ridgeway is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns, #600 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ridgeway’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land37 acres of park per 1,000 residents (240 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home66% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 43%
LessMore
New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 21%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C 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

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Greenwood Lake Town Park

Managed by Town of Ridgeway
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Gulf Street Park

Managed by Village of Medina
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

State Street Park

Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Lions Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
Canal Port Medina2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Greenwood Lake Town Park12 acres · Town of Ridgeway
Directions
Gulf Street Park10 acres · Village of Medina
Directions
State Street Park6 acres
Lions Park3 acres
Directions
Who protects it

205 conserved acres

1% of Ridgeway’s land. Who manages Ridgeway’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other state land150 ac
Town or city45 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)19 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government9 ac
State Recreation Area · 150 acLocal Park · 45 acConservation Easement · 19 acLocal Other or Unknown · 9 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 19 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 8 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Erie Canal
State Recreation Area
Other state land150Open
Village of Medina Land
Local Park
Town or city18Unknown
Gulf Street Park
Local Park
Town or city11Open
Ridgeway Town Lands
Local Other or Unknown
Other or Unknown Local Government9Unknown
Town of Ridgeway Land
Local Park
Town or city8Unknown
State Street Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Unknown Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Things to do

5 places to go in Ridgeway

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

Waterfalls in Ridgeway
Medina Falls
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail and 3 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 3.9 miUnpaved · 4.1 mi
Erie Canalway Trail3.9 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Glenwood LakereservoirJohnson CreekOak Orchard River
Biking & sports

4.6 miles of bike routes

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

4.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Erie Canalway Trail - 1 Buffalo to FairgroundsBike route
3.9 mi
Courts & fields
6Baseball
1Volleyball

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

History along the way

7 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 →
US Post Office-MedinaBuilding · listed 1989
About it
Main Street Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1995
About it
Medina ArmoryBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Main Street Historic District Boundary IncreaseDistrict · listed 1997
About it
Cobblestone InnBuilding · listed 2007
About it
Servoss HouseBuilding · listed 2008
About it
Payjack Chevrolet BuildingBuilding · listed 2012
About it
Boxwood CemeterySite · listed 2015
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Ridgeway: 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)323442556776817972604838
Rain (in)2.32.02.33.13.13.33.23.13.33.42.82.7

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 Ridgeway →

Next door

Ridgeway and its neighbors

Ridgeway has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Albion7.9 miRidgeway7.1 miShelby5.7 miYates2.2 miHartland2.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ridgeway1%0.13766%C+
Shelby19%0.1656%B−
Yatesunder 1%0.1410%D
Hartland2%under 0.11410%C−
Albion3%0.34069%B

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

Questions about parks and trails in Ridgeway

How much of Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway’s trails?

Greenwood Lake Town Park and Gulf Street Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Ridgeway?

4.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 4.5 of off-road paths. Named routes: Erie Canalway Trail - 1 Buffalo to Fairgrounds.

Is there public land near Ridgeway?

11,431 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ridgeway or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 240 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Ridgeway have?

Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #600 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 Ridgeway neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →