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A residential road in Spackenkill, New YorkPhoto: Spacemace1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Spackenkill

Few parks or trails are on the map in Spackenkill

2% of Spackenkill’s land is conserved, about 23 acres. 25 acres are parks and preserves, 5.8 per 1,000 residents. 94% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
2%
23 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
25 ac
5.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

12
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.

Hagantown Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Spratt Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

23 conserved acres

2% of Spackenkill’s land. Who manages Spackenkill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city28 ac
Local Park · 28 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 byAcresPublic access
Town Of Poughkeepsie Land
Local Park
Town or city19Unknown
Park
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Spratt Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Spackenkill

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

Playgrounds in Spackenkill

2 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

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
11Tennis
5Soccer
4Baseball
1Football
1Pickleball
1Basketball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Spackenkill: April, May and July

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)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)363948617280858375645141
Rain (in)3.02.43.33.53.54.24.14.34.24.33.33.6

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Spackenkill →

Next door

Spackenkill and its neighbors

Spackenkill has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Spackenkill— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Red Oaks Mill— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Spackenkill

Are dogs allowed on Spackenkill’s trails?

Hagantown Park and Spratt Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Spackenkill?

14,022 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spackenkill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 25 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Spackenkill 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 →