Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Niagara
84 acres are parks and preserves, 58 per 1,000 residents. 91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Niagara’s land is conserved, about 19 acres.
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Niagara?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Niagara have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Niagara is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 8% of Niagara’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
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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19 conserved acres
1% of Niagara’s land. Water is left out: Niagara has 2.8 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Niagara’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Niagara Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Unknown Ball Field Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
2 places to go in Niagara
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 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 Niagara: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 24 | 28 | 39 | 52 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 69 | 55 | 40 | 29 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
February is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Niagara →
Niagara and its neighbors
Niagara has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara | 1% | 0.3 | 58 | 91% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Niagara
How much of Niagara is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Wisconsin town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Niagara?
84,013 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Niagara or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 84 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Niagara have?
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Niagara 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 →