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First Baptist Church, Hope Valley RIPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Hope Valley

Few parks or trails are on the map in Hope Valley

4% of Hope Valley’s land is conserved, about 83 acres. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 2.3 per 1,000 residents. 2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Hope Valley, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
83 acres · of 3.3 sq mi of land
Trails
2.3 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
2.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
45%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
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

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Joseph Langworthy Memorial Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

83 conserved acres

4% of Hope Valley’s land. Water is left out: Hope Valley has 3.3 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hope Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city46 ac
Other or Unknown Federal Land3 ac
Not recorded57 ac
Conservation Easement · 49 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 44 acPrivate Conservation · 10 acLocal Other or Unknown · 2 acState Park · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 26 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 9 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Pleasant View Estates
Private Other or Unknown
Not recorded26Unknown
Hope Valley - Wyoming Fire District
Private Other or Unknown
Not recorded16Unknown
Moscow Brook Subdivision
Private Other or Unknown
Not recorded11Unknown
Mechanic Street
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded2Unknown
Tefft
State Park
Not recorded1Unknown
Wood/Pawcatuck Access Area
State Park
Not recorded1Unknown
Things to do

3 places to go in Hope Valley

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

Playgrounds in Hope Valley

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
5Baseball
2Basketball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Hope Valley: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)384047586977828174635343
Rain (in)3.83.24.74.23.53.83.33.74.04.73.94.6

February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.7 inches fall in March, the wettest month. The climate in Hope Valley →

Next door

Hope Valley and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Hope Valley— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Richmond34%1.52221%A−
Hopkinton20%1.216932%A

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

Questions about parks and trails in Hope Valley

Are dogs allowed on Hope Valley’s trails?

Joseph Langworthy Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Hope Valley?

12,697 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hope Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hope Valley 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 →