1
Charleston State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
3,929 acres26.9 mi of trail
Snowmobile TrailSki TrailMid Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Charleston
Charleston, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Charleston is conserved land, roughly 6,133 acres. There are about 37 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Charleston State Forest (26.9 mi) and Schoharie Creek Preserve (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Charleston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Charleston outdoors
Conserved land
23%
6,133 of 27,269 acres
Trails
37 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 31 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
4,400 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
Schoharie Creek Preserve
Nature preserve
191 acres1.4 mi of trail
Blue TrailHighwater Trail(Red)Pond Overlook Trail (Yellow)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
Rural Grove State Forest
Nature preserve
816 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Lost Valley State Forest
Nature preserve
740 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
6,133 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 93 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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
Next door
Charleston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 22.5% | 37.3 mi | 4 |
| Florida | 1.5% | 5.5 mi | 1 |
| Duanesburg | 2.7% | 10.9 mi | 5 |
| Glen | 1.9% | 0.5 mi | 4 |
| Root | 4.2% | 3.1 mi | 2 |
| Esperance | 0.3% | 6.3 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Charleston'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 22.7-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.