John and Mary Dickson House · Photo: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in West Bloomfield
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross West Bloomfield. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 4.9 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns · #747 of 758 in New York. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is West Bloomfield?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does West Bloomfield have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, West Bloomfield is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #747 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
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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150 conserved acres
1% of West Bloomfield’s land. Who manages West Bloomfield’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 137 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town West Bloomfield Lands Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 12 | Open |
| West Bloomfield Town Lands Local Resource Management Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
3 places to go in West Bloomfield
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 lakes & rivers
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in West Bloomfield: 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) | 9.3 | 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 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in West Bloomfield →
West Bloomfield and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bloomfield | 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 27% | D |
| Lima | 5% | 0.1 | 14 | 53% | C+ |
| East Bloomfield | 2% | 0.2 | 102 | 31% | B− |
| Richmond | 14% | 0.4 | 51 | 47% | B+ |
| Mendon | 11% | 1.4 | 284 | 60% | A |
| Bristol | 4% | 0.4 | 5 | 4% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in West Bloomfield
How much of West Bloomfield 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.
Is there public land near West Bloomfield?
14,632 acres of parks and open public land lie inside West Bloomfield or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does West Bloomfield have?
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #747 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 West Bloomfield 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 →