1
Brandow Point Unique Area
Nature preserve
62 acres1.4 mi of trail
Yellow TrailRed TrailBlue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Athens
Athens, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.9% of Athens is conserved land, roughly 711 acres. There are about 4.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Brandow Point Unique Area (1.4 mi) and Cohotate Preserve (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Athens, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Athens outdoors
Conserved land
3.9%
711 of 18,363 acres
Trails
4.4 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
181 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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
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
Cohotate Preserve
Managed by Greene County
53 acres0.7 mi of trail
Main PathPond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Middle Ground Flats Unique Area
Nature preserve
322 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Athens Forest Preserve Detached Parcel
Nature preserve
79 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
711 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 12 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Athens and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Athens'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 22.9-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.