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Scarsdale, NY (54741801357)Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0
A+Outdoors
Outdoors in Scarsdale

Scarsdale has 22 miles of mapped trails, 3.4 for every square mile of land

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 15% of Scarsdale’s land is conserved, about 637 acres. 655 acres are parks and preserves, 36 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 98% of U.S. towns · #37 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
15%
637 acres · of 6.7 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
3.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
655 ac
36 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.6 mi
1.6 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
4

What kind of outdoors town is Scarsdale?

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

A trail town3.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 98% of U.S. towns.Parks close to homeVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.Land that stays wild15% of the land is conserved; a typical New York town, 5%.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Scarsdale have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Scarsdale is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns, #37 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, park acres per resident lowest.

A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Scarsdale’s overall grade.
Conserved land15% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%A−Trails3.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (22 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land36 acres of park per 1,000 residents (655 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 98%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 95%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A to 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.

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

The longest trail network is Saxon Woods Park, with 17.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Saxon Woods Park

Park
449 acres17.4 mi of trail
White TrailYellow TrailColonial Greenway
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Boulder Brook Field

Park
21 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Crossway Park

Park
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Weinberg Nature Center

Nature preserve
8 acres0.1 mi of trail
Colonial Greenway
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
Saxon Woods Park449 acres · 17.4 mi of trail
Directions
Weinberg Nature Center8 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Harwood Park8 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Red Maple Swamp2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Boulder Brook Field21 acres
Directions
Crossway Park18 acres
Directions
Greenacres Playground6 acres
Hyatt Field Park4 acres
Drake Road Park3 acres
Brite Avenue Park3 acres
Aspen Park2 acres
Directions
Chase Park2 acres
Directions
Davis Park2 acres
Cooper Green2 acres
De Lima Park1 acres
Directions
Who protects it

637 conserved acres

15% of Scarsdale’s land. Who manages Scarsdale’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County914 ac
Town or city114 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government44 ac
Local Park · 1,052 acLocal Conservation Area · 11 acLocal Recreation Area · 9 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 23 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Land
Local Park
County484Unknown
Saxon Woods County Park
Local Park
County430Open
VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE Land
Local Park
Town or city29Open
Butler Field
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government26Open
Crossway Field
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government18Open
Harwood Park
Local Park
Town or city13Open
George Field Park
Local Park
Town or city12Open
Scarsdale Municipal Pool
Local Recreation Area
Town or city9Open
Weinberg Nature Center
Local Park
Town or city7Open
Greenacres Playground
Local Park
Town or city6Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

13 places to go in Scarsdale

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

Public pools in Scarsdale
Scarsdale Municipal PoolIn Boulder Brook Field
Directions
Scarsdale Municipal PoolIn Boulder Brook Field
Directions
Scarsdale Municipal PoolIn Boulder Brook Field
Directions
Scarsdale Municipal PoolIn Boulder Brook Field
Directions
Trails & water

4 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.7 miHorses · 5.7 miUnpaved · 11.0 mi
White Trail3.1 mi
Colonial Greenway1.6 mi
Yellow Trail1.0 mi
Bronx River Pathway0.7 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Audrey Hochberg PondpondDuck PondpondGeorge Field ParkBronx River
Biking & sports

1.6 miles of bike routes

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

1.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Bronx River GreenwayBike route
0.7 mi
Courts & fields
49Tennis
18Baseball
15Soccer
6Basketball
3Football
1Multi-sport
1Beach volleyball

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

History along the way

6 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 →
Caleb Hyatt HouseBuilding · listed 1973
About it
Wayside CottageBuilding · listed 1981
About it
US Post Office-ScarsdaleBuilding · listed 1989
About it
Scarsdale Railroad StationBuilding · listed 2000
About it
Scarsdale Woman's ClubBuilding · listed 2008
About it
Quaker Ridge Golf ClubDistrict · listed 2020
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Scarsdale: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.813.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)394249617180858376655444
Rain (in)3.32.84.14.13.84.34.44.24.44.43.64.1

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Scarsdale →

Next door

Scarsdale and its neighbors

Scarsdale has the second most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Greenburgh74 miScarsdale22 miNew Rochelle15 miMamaroneck14 miWhite Plains8.4 miEastchester6.1 miGreenville5.9 miHartsdale3.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Scarsdale15%3.43699%+A+
White Plains15%0.91698%A
New Rochelle9%1.5899%+A
Greenburgh12%2.42797%A+
Greenville— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hartsdale— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mamaroneck10%2.11699%A
Eastchester10%1.31099%+A

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

Questions about parks and trails in Scarsdale

Where can I hike in Scarsdale?

The longest trail networks: Saxon Woods Park, 17.4 miles; Weinberg Nature Center, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Scarsdale is conserved land?

15% 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 Scarsdale’s trails?

Saxon Woods Park and Boulder Brook Field don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Scarsdale?

1.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.6 of off-road paths. Named routes: Bronx River Greenway.

Is there public land near Scarsdale?

28,376 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Scarsdale or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 655 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Scarsdale have?

Ahead of 98% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #37 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 Scarsdale 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 →