Outdoors · Allen

Allen, NY parks, trails & bike paths

About 7.4% of Allen is conserved land, roughly 1,717 acres. Allen has 2 named parks and preserves on the map.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Allen, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Allen outdoors

Conserved land
7.4%
1,717 of 23,257 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

12
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Allen Lake State Forest

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
624 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Gillies Hill State Forest

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
677 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

1,717 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State conservation
1,299 ac
County
363 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
54 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 54 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Allen and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Allen7.4%0.8 mi2
Birdsall43%0.5 mi10
Granger7.4%1.5 mi2
Caneadea12.4%14.6 mi4
Angelica6.3%4.6 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Allen's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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