Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Yorkshire
9 acres are parks and preserves, 2.5 per 1,000 residents. 2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Yorkshire, 0.1 per square mile of land. 33% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns · #746 of 758 in New York. What drives it
How much outdoors does Yorkshire have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Yorkshire is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #746 of 758 in New York. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes 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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118 conserved acres
under 1% of Yorkshire’s land. Who manages Yorkshire’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cattaraugus County Lands Local Conservation Area | County | 103 | Restricted |
| Village of Delevan Land Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Unknown |
| New York State Lands State Other or Unknown | Other state land | 3 | Unknown |
| Town of Yorkshire Land Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Unknown |
3 places to go in Yorkshire
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4 lakes & rivers
0.0 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.
The best walking months in Yorkshire: 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 33 | 41 | 55 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 46 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Yorkshire →
Yorkshire and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Yorkshire
How much of Yorkshire 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.
Is there public land near Yorkshire?
8,488 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Yorkshire or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Yorkshire have?
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #746 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 Yorkshire 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 →