1
Cowee State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
3,640 acres17.5 mi of trail
Old Eastern Turnpike
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Berlin
Berlin, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 42% of Berlin is conserved land, roughly 15,857 acres. There are about 60 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cowee State Forest (17.5 mi), Capital District WMA (10.2 mi), and Berlin State Forest (9.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Berlin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Berlin outdoors
Conserved land
42%
15,857 of 38,104 acres
Trails
60 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 48 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
8,090 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
Capital District Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
3,166 acres10.2 mi of trail
Deer Run (Purple)North by Northwest (Blue)Escarpment Trail (Yellow/Blue)Waterfalls Trail (Blue/White)Mill Pond Trail (Red/Yellow)
Dog rules not recorded
3
Berlin State Forest
Nature preserve
5,121 acres9.2 mi of trail
Mattison Hollow trail (yellow)Taconic Crest Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Taconic Ridge State Forest
Nature preserve
1,285 acres5.7 mi of trail
Taconic Crest TrailEastern TurnpikeMount Raimer spurClass of 1933 Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Berlin Community Forest
Managed by Hudson Taconic Lands
376 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
6
Cherry Plain State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
177 acres1.5 mi of trail
Lakeside Trail (Orange)Charcoal Kiln Trail (Yellow/Green)North by Northwest (Blue)Charcoal Trail (Yellow)
Dog rules not recorded
7
Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center
Nature preserve
13 acres0.9 mi of trail
Witchhobble Wander (Blue)Storybrook Trail (Black)Shoreline Trail (Light Blue)
Dog rules not recorded
8
Bentley’s Karst Preserve
Managed by Hudson Taconic Lands
86 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
- Bentley's Cave Preserve6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
Who protects the land
15,857 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,537 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 21 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
- Tennis3
- Soccer2
- Baseball2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Berlin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 41.6% | 59.9 mi | 9 |
| Petersburgh | 20.2% | 23.6 mi | 4 |
| Sand Lake | 1.3% | 10.8 mi | 6 |
| Stephentown | 17.1% | 40.6 mi | 5 |
| Poestenkill | 6% | 19.2 mi | 6 |
| Grafton | 16.3% | 68.3 mi | 11 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Berlin'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 28.9-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.