Public Recreation Area
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Narrowsburg Methodist Church · Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Tusten
Tusten has 19 miles of mapped trails, 0.4 for every square mile of land
28% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 11 acres are parks and preserves, 7.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
109 acres · of 47.2 sq mi of land
Trails
19 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
7.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
28%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,247 ft
Deep Hollow Hill
Lakes & rivers
21
1 beach · 2 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Tusten?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Tusten have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tusten is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Tusten’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (19 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land7.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (11 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home28% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 27%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Tusten Veterans Memorial Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
109 conserved acres
under 1% of Tusten’s land. Who manages Tusten’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits97 ac
Regional Water Districts4 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)3 ac
County3 ac
Town or city2 ac
Unknown Easement · 97 acLocal Park · 5 acLocal Resource Management Area · 4 acConservation Easement · 3 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 100 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrowsburg Water Lands Local Resource Management Area | Regional Water Districts | 4 | Open |
| Fort Delaware County Museum Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
| Town Of Tusten Land Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Unknown |
Things to do
7 places to go in Tusten
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Tusten
river access
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Tusten
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Tusten
2 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Scenic views in Tusten
1 scenic view without a name on the map.
Peaks in Tusten
Deep Hollow Hill1,247 ft elevation
DirectionsCampgrounds in Tusten
Lander's Narrowsburg CampgroundNational Park Service
DirectionsTrails & water
4 named trails and 21 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Tusten Mountain Trail1.6 mi
Foster Trail0.3 mi
South Trail 10.3 mi
South Trail 30.2 mi
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
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Tusten: May and July 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 36 | 45 | 58 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Tusten →
Next door
Tusten and its neighbors
Tusten has the second most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Lackawaxen Township32 miTusten19 miHighland11 miCochecton3.5 miDamascus Township2.9 miMasthope2.5 miNarrowsburg0.4 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tusten | under 1% | 0.4 | 7 | 28% | C |
| Narrowsburg | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Cochecton | under 1% | 0.1 | 1 | 16% | D |
| Highland | 9% | 0.2 | 511 | 16% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Tusten
How much of Tusten is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Tusten’s trails?
Public Recreation Area and Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Tusten?
36,065 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tusten or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Tusten have?
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Tusten 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 →