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Outdoors in Sweden

Sweden has 852 acres of parks, 63 for every 1,000 residents

The biggest trail networks: Northampton Park (12.4 mi), Sweden Town Park (1 mi), Corbett Park (0.5 mi). 25 miles of mapped trail cross Sweden, 0.7 per square mile of land. 86% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 81% of U.S. towns · #215 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
807 acres · of 33.7 sq mi of land
Trails
25 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
852 ac
63 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
86%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Sweden?

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

Parks close to home86% of residents live within a half mile of a park.History along the way14 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Sweden have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sweden is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns, #215 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, conserved land lowest.

A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sweden’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (25 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land63 acres of park per 1,000 residents (852 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home86% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 81%
LessMore
New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 72%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ 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 Northampton Park, with 12.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Northampton Park

Managed by Monroe County Department of Parks
541 acres12.4 mi of trail
Gardner TrailFairview Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Sweden Town Park

Park
78 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Corbett Park

Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Erie Canalway Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Monika Andrews Children's Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
Northampton Park541 acres · 12.4 mi of trail · Monroe County Department of Parks
Directions
Sweden Town Park78 acres · 1 mi of trail
Directions
Corbett Park10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Directions
Monika Andrews Children's Park1 acres
Directions
South Avenue Park1 acres
Who protects it

807 conserved acres

4% of Sweden’s land. Who manages Sweden’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County495 ac
Town or city202 ac
Other state land118 ac
Regional Water Districts4 ac
Local Park · 696 acState Recreation Area · 118 acLocal Other or Unknown · 4 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 11 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
County Of Monroe Land
Local Park
County495Unknown
Town of Sweden Land
Local Park
Town or city174Unknown
Erie Canal
State Recreation Area
Other state land118Open
Village Of Brockport Land
Local Park
Town or city13Unknown
Corbett Park/playground
Local Park
Town or city10Open
Monroe County Water Authority Land
Local Other or Unknown
Regional Water Districts4Unknown
Barry Street Park/playground
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Harvester Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
South Avenue Park/playground
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Monika Andrews Childrens Park/playground
Local Park
Town or city1Open

1 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

8 places to go in Sweden

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

Dog parks in Sweden
Sweden Dog ParkIn Sweden Town Park
Directions
Trails & water

7 named trails

Named trails
Open to bikes · 6.3 miHorses · 1.9 miUnpaved · 6.5 mi
Erie Canalway Trail6.0 mi
Gardner Trail1.7 mi
Autumn Ridge1.2 mi
Fairview Trail0.2 mi
Castle Ridge0.2 mi
Tiffany Ridge0.1 mi
Windsor Ridge0.1 mi
Biking & sports

0.3 miles of bike routes

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

0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Erie Canalway Trail - 1 Buffalo to FairgroundsBike route
6 mi
Courts & fields
18Baseball
10Tennis
8Multi-sport
5Basketball
2Pickleball
1Skate park
1Football
1Beach volleyball

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

History along the way

14 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 5 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 1990
About it
Morgan-Manning HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About it
Soldiers' Memorial TowerStructure · listed 1994
About it
First Presbyterian ChurchBuilding · listed 1999
About it
Whiteside, Barnett and Co. Agricultural WorksBuilding · listed 2001
About it
Main Street Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2004
About it
Lake View CemeterySite · listed 2009
About it
Edward Harrison HouseBuilding · listed 2010
About it
First Baptist ChurchBuilding · listed 2011
About it
Brockport Central Rural High SchoolBuilding · listed 2011
About it
John and Chauncey White HouseDistrict · listed 2014
About it
Park Avenue and State Street Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2015
About it

2 more on the History page.

When to get out

The best walking months in Sweden: May 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)9.310.511.813.314.715.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)313442556876807972604837
Rain (in)2.42.02.43.03.13.33.43.23.23.52.72.6

February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.5 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Sweden →

Next door

Sweden and its neighbors

Sweden has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Sweden25 miOgden17 miBergen5.6 miClarkson5.5 miBrockport3.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sweden4%0.76386%A−
Ogden4%0.54673%B+
Clarksonunder 1%0.21651%C
Bergen7%0.26055%B+
Brockport3%1.6699%+A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Sweden

Where can I hike in Sweden?

The longest trail networks: Northampton Park, 12.4 miles; Sweden Town Park, 1 miles; Corbett Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Sweden 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 Sweden’s trails?

Northampton Park and Sweden Town Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Sweden?

0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths. Named routes: Erie Canalway Trail - 1 Buffalo to Fairgrounds.

Is there public land near Sweden?

9,689 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sweden or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 852 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Sweden have?

Ahead of 81% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #215 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 Sweden 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 →