Griffith Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Sloan
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Sloan
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 11 acres are parks and preserves, 2.8 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Sloan, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns · #542 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
17 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
2.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Sloan?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sloan have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sloan is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #542 of 758 in New York. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sloan’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land2.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (11 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13C−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 50%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 29%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Sloan. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
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
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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.
Who protects it
17 conserved acres
4% of Sloan’s land. Who manages Sloan’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city13 ac
Regional agency7 ac
State Park · 10 acLocal Other or Unknown · 7 acLocal Park · 3 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith Park State Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| School District No 9 Land Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 7 | Unknown |
| Village Of Sloan Land Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Unknown |
| Wrazen Park State Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
Things to do
6 places to go in Sloan
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Sloan
Griffith Park PoolIn Griffith Park
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Sloan
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
2Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Sloan: May to 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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 34 | 43 | 56 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 49 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.0 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Sloan →
Next door
Sloan and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sloan | 4% | 0.1 | 3 | 99%+ | B− |
| Cheektowaga | 5% | 0.5 | 11 | 96% | B+ |
| Buffalo | 10% | 1.2 | 9 | 98% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Sloan
How much of Sloan is conserved land?
4% 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 Sloan’s trails?
Griffith Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Sloan?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Sloan?
10,438 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sloan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sloan have?
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #542 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 Sloan 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 →