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Stewart Avenue, Roscoe, New YorkPhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Roscoe

Few parks or trails are on the map in Roscoe

6% of Roscoe’s land is conserved, about 37 acres. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Roscoe, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
6%
37 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
11 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
71%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

37 conserved acres

6% of Roscoe’s land. Who manages Roscoe’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits30 ac
Town or city6 ac
Other Easement · 23 acPrivate Conservation · 7 acLocal Park · 6 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 23 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Beaverkill Arcadia
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits7Closed
Town Of Rockland Land
Local Park
Town or city6Unknown
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
2Baseball
2Basketball
1Football
1Soccer

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Roscoe: May, July 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.515.214.913.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)323543576876807872604737
Rain (in)3.52.73.44.04.25.14.54.84.74.73.53.9

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 5.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Roscoe →

Questions about parks and trails in Roscoe

Is there public land near Roscoe?

34,441 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Roscoe or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Roscoe neighbors.

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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 →