1
Nature View Park
Managed by Town of Amherst
1,425 acres9.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Amherst
Amherst, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Amherst is conserved land, roughly 3,453 acres. There are about 48 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Nature View Park (9.3 mi), Dann Lake Park (3 mi), and Amherst State Park (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Amherst, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Amherst outdoors
Conserved land
10%
3,453 of 34,096 acres
Trails
48 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
33
26 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
33.5 mi
8.4 mi lanes · 19.2 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
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.
2
Dann Lake Park
Managed by Town of Amherst
126 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Amherst State Park
Managed by Town of Amherst
81 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Glen Park
Park
12 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Walton Woods Park
Managed by Audubon Association
50 acres0.6 mi of trail
Nature Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Bassett Park
Managed by Town of Amherst
35 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Billy Wilson Park
Park
34 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
North French Soccer Complex
Managed by Town of Amherst
25 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 33 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 33 parks & preserves
Nature View Park1,425 acres · 9.3 mi of trail · Town of Amherst
Dann Lake Park126 acres · 3 mi of trail · Town of Amherst
Amherst State Park81 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · Town of Amherst
Glen Park12 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Walton Woods Park50 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Audubon Association
Bassett Park35 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Town of Amherst
Billy Wilson Park34 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
North French Soccer Complex25 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Town of Amherst
Elllicott Creek Trailway Park217 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
North Forest Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Town of Amherst
Who protects the land
3,453 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 803 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 71 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes8.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths19.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis138
- Baseball80
- Basketball33
- Soccer33
- Golf23
- Football12
- Multi-sport9
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Amherst and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | 10.1% | 47.9 mi | 33 |
| Pendleton | 2.1% | 8.9 mi | 4 |
| Cheektowaga | 5.1% | 13.9 mi | 20 |
| Buffalo | 7.9% | 49.0 mi | 115 |
| North Tonawanda | 4% | 15.6 mi | 7 |
| Tonawanda | 5.9% | 5.8 mi | 14 |
| Wheatfield | 1.2% | 1.5 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Amherst'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 26.2-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.