1
Normans Kill Ravines Park
Managed by Town of Bethleham
282 acres8.6 mi of trail
White TrailOrange TrailYellow TrailRed/White TrailOrange Trrail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Bethlehem
Bethlehem, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.9% of Bethlehem is conserved land, roughly 1,230 acres. There are about 48 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Normans Kill Ravines Park (8.6 mi), North Bethlehem Park (4.2 mi), and Hollyhock Hollow Sanctuary (3.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bethlehem, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bethlehem outdoors
Conserved land
3.9%
1,230 of 31,714 acres
Trails
48 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
26
35 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.8 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 11.6 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
North Bethlehem Park
Park
21 acres4.2 mi of trail
Orange TrailRed TrailYellow TrailBlue TrailTrailhead Access
Dog rules not recorded
3
Hollyhock Hollow Sanctuary
Nature preserve
136 acres3.4 mi of trail
White trailBlue trailGreen TrailYellow TrailYellow trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Elm Avenue Town Park
Managed by Town of Bethlehem
159 acres2.7 mi of trail
nature trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Binnen Kill Wetlands
Managed by The Scenic Hudson Land Trust
235 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Normanskill Preserve
Managed by Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy
44 acres1.4 mi of trail
Normanskill Preserve Trail - RedNormanskill Preserve Trail - Yellow
Dog rules not recorded
7
Moh-He-Con-Nuck Nature Preserve
Managed by Town of Bethlehem
51 acres1.2 mi of trail
Hilltop Loops (orange)Lake trail (yellow)Ridge Loop (red)Entrance (yellow)Forest trail (blue)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Moh-he-con-nuck Preserve
8
Van Rensselaer Wildlife Preserve
Managed by First Reformed Church of Bethlehem
81 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 26 parks & preserves
- Colonial Acres Park28 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- The Bio-Reserve68 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Schiffendecker Farm Preserve44 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Touhey Family Preserve49 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Swift Wetland21 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Van Dyke Preserve32 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Phillipin Kill Preserve19 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Poplar Island205 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- South Bethlehem Fishing Access Site58 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- YMCA29 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Henry Hudson Park93 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Five Rivers Environmental Education Center36 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- MHLC81 ac · Directions
- South Bethlehem Town Park9 ac · Directions
- Magee Park6 ac
- Maple Ridge Town Park6 ac
- Volunteer Fire-EMS Services Memorial Park2 ac · Directions
- Normans Kill Fishing Access Site1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,230 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 344 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 35 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis26
- Baseball25
- Soccer13
- Basketball7
- Multi-sport3
- Volleyball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bethlehem and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | 3.9% | 47.6 mi | 26 |
| Albany | 15.2% | 48.9 mi | 67 |
| New Scotland | 13.4% | 66.4 mi | 16 |
| Coeymans | 16.4% | 33.5 mi | 10 |
| Schodack | 5.6% | 35.1 mi | 4 |
| Guilderland | 9.9% | 48.0 mi | 22 |
| East Greenbush | 3.4% | 11.1 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bethlehem'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 27-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.