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Outdoors in West Danby

Few parks or trails are on the map in West Danby

6% of West Danby’s land is conserved, about 50 acres. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 133 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross West Danby, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
6%
50 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
133 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
47%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

50 conserved acres

6% of West Danby’s land. Who manages West Danby’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits40 ac
Town or city10 ac
Private Recreation or Education · 40 acLocal Park · 10 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve
Private Recreation or Education
Land trusts & nonprofits40Closed
Town Of Danby Land
Local Park
Town or city10Unknown
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Yellow Trail0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in West Danby: May and August

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)313442556876807871594636
Rain (in)2.42.12.93.43.34.33.93.84.03.82.92.8

February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in West Danby →

Next door

West Danby and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
West Danby— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Newfield24%0.837025%A−
Danby26%0.72,21231%A

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in West Danby

Is there public land near West Danby?

29,376 acres of parks and open public land lie inside West Danby or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from West Danby 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 →