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John Howland Wood HouseJohn Howland Wood House · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Bayside

Few parks or trails are on the map in Bayside

2 acres are parks and preserves, 3.5 per 1,000 residents. 58% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
1%
3 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
3.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
58%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

3 conserved acres

1% of Bayside’s land. Water is left out: Bayside has 1.0 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bayside’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city7 ac
Local Park · 3 acConservation Easement · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Driscoll Rooke Covenant Park
Local Park
Town or city3Open
History along the way

1 place 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 →
John Howland Wood HouseBuilding · listed 1983
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Bayside

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)10.511.211.912.813.513.913.813.112.311.410.710.4
High (°F)656873798489919289837467
Rain (in)2.01.82.72.03.74.02.92.65.43.52.51.9

February is the driest month (1.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.4 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bayside →

Questions about parks and trails in Bayside

Is there public land near Bayside?

10,309 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bayside or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bayside 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 →