Frontenac Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Union Springs
Union Springs has 32 acres of parks, 25 for every 1,000 residents
74% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Union Springs’ land is conserved, about 26 acres.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
26 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
32 ac
25 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
74%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Union Springs?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Union Springs have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Union Springs is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Union Springs’ overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land25 acres of park per 1,000 residents (32 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home74% 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 40%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Union Springs. 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
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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
26 conserved acres
2% of Union Springs’ land. Who manages Union Springs’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city26 ac
Local Park · 26 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Springs Village Of Land Local Park | Town or city | 26 | Unknown |
Things to do
1 places to go in Union Springs
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Union Springs
Frontenac Park Boat LaunchIn Frontenac Park
DirectionsTrails & 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
5Baseball
4Tennis
2Soccer
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Union Springs: May, August and 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 43 | 56 | 69 | 77 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Union Springs →
Questions about parks and trails in Union Springs
How much of Union Springs is conserved land?
2% 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 Union Springs’ trails?
Frontenac Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Union Springs?
1,796 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Union Springs or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 32 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Union Springs have?
Ahead of 40% 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 Union Springs 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 →