1
Taconic State Park – Rudd Pond Area
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
633 acres2.4 mi of trail
Robert Brook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Ancram
Ancram, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Ancram is conserved land, roughly 6,579 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Taconic State Park – Rudd Pond Area (2.4 mi) and Doodletown WMA (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ancram, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ancram outdoors
Conserved land
24%
6,579 of 27,188 acres
Trails
21 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
4,737 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.8 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
Doodletown Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
699 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Harlem Valley Rail Trail
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Who protects the land
6,579 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,145 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 59 parcels. 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 paths1.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Ancram and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancram | 24.2% | 20.7 mi | 3 |
| Gallatin | 11.3% | 9.7 mi | 2 |
| North East | 15.3% | 20.6 mi | 2 |
| Copake | 18.1% | 21.0 mi | 4 |
| Pine Plains | 7.5% | 16.7 mi | 5 |
| Taghkanic | 12.3% | 6.7 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ancram'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 25.1-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.