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Main Street Historic District Whitehall NY Sep 09Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Whitehall

Whitehall has 3,679 acres of parks, 919 for every 1,000 residents

16% of Whitehall’s land is conserved, about 5,971 acres. The biggest trail networks: The Saddles State Forest (12.6 mi), Dolph Pond State Forest (4.7 mi). 25 miles of mapped trail cross Whitehall, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 87% of U.S. towns · #162 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
16%
5,971 acres · of 57.2 sq mi of land
Trails
25 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
3,679 ac
919 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
66%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
4.2 mi
4.2 mi lanes
Highest peak
1,358 ft
West Mountain
Lakes & rivers
10
3 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Whitehall?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam919 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild16% of the land is conserved; a typical New York town, 5%.History along the way6 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Whitehall have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Whitehall is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns, #162 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Whitehall’s overall grade.
Conserved land16% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (25 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land919 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3,679 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to home66% 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 87%
LessMore
New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 79%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is The Saddles State Forest, with 12.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

The Saddles State Forest

Nature preserve
2,448 acres12.6 mi of trail
White trailClear Pond trailBlue trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Dolph Pond State Forest

Nature preserve
720 acres4.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Riverside Park

Park
7 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

East Bay Wildlife Management Area

Nature preserve
38 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it

5,971 conserved acres

16% of Whitehall’s land. Who manages Whitehall’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits4,339 ac
State conservation3,427 ac
Other state land447 ac
Town or city22 ac
Private Conservation · 4,151 acState Conservation Area · 3,177 acState Recreation Area · 447 acAgricultural Easement · 187 acUnknown Easement · 97 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 210 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 6 of 46 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Southern Lake Champlain Valley Preserve
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits4,151Restricted
The Saddles State Forest
State Conservation Area
State conservation2,454Open
Dolph Pond State Forest
State Conservation Area
State conservation723Open
Champlain Canal
State Recreation Area
Other state land447Open
East Bay Wma
State Resource Management Area
State conservation39Open
Whitehall Village Of Land
Local Park
Town or city17Unknown
Whitehall Town Of Land
Local Park
Town or city5Unknown
Things to do

18 places to go in Whitehall

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Whitehall
West Mountain1,358 ft elevation · In The Saddles State Forest
Directions
The Saddles1,352 ft elevation · In The Saddles State Forest
Directions
Hatch Hill991 ft elevation
Directions
Vail Hill725 ft elevation
Directions
Bartholomew Hill709 ft elevation
Directions
Skene Mountain531 ft elevation
Directions
Warner Hill499 ft elevation
Directions
Tub Mountain469 ft elevation
Directions
2 more peaks
Fish Hill449 ft elevation
Directions
Ore Bed Hill364 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

3 named trails and 10 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 15.6 mi
White trail5.2 mi
Clear Pond trail1.3 mi
Blue trail1.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Browns PondlakeClear PondDolph PondDunbar PondlakeRyan PondSawmill PondSpectacle PondSpruce PondpondHead of Lake ChamplainWood Creek
Biking & sports

4.2 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

4.2 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
7Tennis
5Baseball
2Football
1Basketball
1Soccer

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

6 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Judge Joseph Potter HouseBuilding · listed 1974
About it
Main Street Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1975
About it
US Post Office-WhitehallBuilding · listed 1989
About it
Whitehall ArmoryBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Home FarmBuilding · listed 2008
About it
Whitehall Fire StationBuilding · listed 2018
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Whitehall: May 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.69.0
High (°F)303443577078838173604736
Rain (in)2.62.12.83.13.44.13.93.93.43.82.93.0

February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Whitehall →

Next door

Whitehall and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Fort Ann69 miDresden32 miWhitehall25 miWest Haven8.8 miGranville7.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Whitehall16%0.491966%A
Dresden— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fort Ann28%0.62,28067%A
Granville1%0.11340%C

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

Questions about parks and trails in Whitehall

Where can I hike in Whitehall?

The longest trail networks: The Saddles State Forest, 12.6 miles; Dolph Pond State Forest, 4.7 miles; Riverside Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Whitehall is conserved land?

16% 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 Whitehall’s trails?

The Saddles State Forest and Dolph Pond State Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Whitehall?

4.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 4.2 of painted or protected lanes.

Is there public land near Whitehall?

61,291 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Whitehall or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3,729 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Whitehall have?

Ahead of 87% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #162 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 Whitehall 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 →