Few parks or trails are on the map in Varick
1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Varick.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Varick have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Varick is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Water is 30% of Varick’s area (14 of 46 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
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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209 conserved acres
1% of Varick’s land. Water is left out: Varick has 32.0 square miles of land and 13.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Varick’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 209 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
1 places to go in Varick
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail
0.6 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Varick: 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 | 34 | 43 | 56 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Varick →
Varick and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Varick
How much of Varick is conserved land?
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.
Where can I bike in Varick?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Varick?
5,538 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Varick or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Varick have?
Ahead of 8% 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 Varick 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 →