Photo: Jim.henderson · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Spring Valley
88% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 38 acres are parks and preserves, 1.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Spring Valley, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #670 of 758 in New York. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Spring Valley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Spring Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spring Valley is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #670 of 758 in New York. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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37 conserved acres
3% of Spring Valley’s land. Who manages Spring Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRING VALLEY VILLAGE Land Local Park | Town or city | 25 | Unknown |
| Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| SPRING VALLEY VILLAGE OF Land Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| VILLAGE OF SPRING VALLEY Land Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Unknown |
| COUNTY OF ROCKLAND Land Local Park | County | 1 | Unknown |
| Rockland County Lands Local Other or Unknown | County | 1 | Unknown |
| Spring Valley Urban Renewal Agency Lands Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
5 places to go in Spring Valley
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Spring Valley: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 40 | 48 | 61 | 71 | 79 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Spring Valley →
Spring Valley and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 3% | 0.1 | 1 | 88% | C |
| Monsey | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Chestnut Ridge | 3% | 0.5 | 9 | 86% | B |
| New Hempstead | 2% | 1.6 | 8 | 91% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Spring Valley
How much of Spring Valley is conserved land?
3% 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.
Is there public land near Spring Valley?
65,967 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spring Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 38 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Spring Valley have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #670 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 Spring Valley neighbors.
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 →