Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
80 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Victory
Few parks or trails are on the map in Victory
15% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Victory, 0.1 per square mile of land. 30 acres are parks and preserves, 16 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
110 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
30 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
15%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Victory have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Victory is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Victory’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (30 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13BParks close to home15% 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 21%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Victory. 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 D 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
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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
110 conserved acres
under 1% of Victory’s land. Who manages Victory’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State conservation80 ac
County28 ac
Town or city1 ac
State Resource Management Area · 80 acLocal Park · 29 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Montezuma Wma State Resource Management Area | State conservation | 80 | Open |
| Cayuga County Real Property R Land Local Park | County | 28 | Unknown |
| Victory, Town Of Land Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Unknown |
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Open to bikes · 2.2 mi
Cato-Fairhaven Trail2.2 mi
When to get out
The best walking months in Victory: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 33 | 41 | 55 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.2 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Victory →
Next door
Victory and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victory | under 1% | 0.1 | 16 | 15% | C− |
| Wolcott | 10% | under 0.1 | 10 | 43% | C+ |
| Conquest | 17% | 0.4 | 9 | 10% | B− |
| Ira | under 1% | 0.1 | 23 | 25% | C |
| Sterling | 9% | 0.6 | 878 | 59% | A− |
| Butler | 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 22% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Victory
How much of Victory 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 Victory’s trails?
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Victory?
15,818 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Victory or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 110 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Victory have?
Ahead of 21% 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 Victory 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 →