1
Mount Pleasant State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
1,459 acres10.1 mi of trail
Fred J. Cusimano Westside Overland TrailConnector Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Chautauqua
Chautauqua, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.7% of Chautauqua is conserved land, roughly 2,445 acres. There are about 48 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mount Pleasant State Forest (10.1 mi) and Chautauqua Gorge State Forest (5.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chautauqua, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Chautauqua outdoors
Conserved land
5.7%
2,445 of 42,921 acres
Trails
48 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
617 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.2 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
Chautauqua Gorge State Forest
Nature preserve
530 acres5.8 mi of trail
Fred J. Cusimano Westside Overland TrailLoop Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Chautauqua Fish Hatchery
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
67 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
Lakeside Park
Park
15 acres0.1 mi of trail
Chautauqua Nadine and Paul Webb Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Mount Pleasant State Forest1,459 acres · 10.1 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Chautauqua Gorge State Forest530 acres · 5.8 mi of trail
Bestor Plaza2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Lakeside Park15 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
The Ravine8 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
College Lodge Forest7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Western New York Land Conservancy
Chautauqua Fish Hatchery67 acres · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Chautauqua Lake Fish And Wildlife Management Area11 acres · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Miller Park1 acres · Chautauqua Intitution
Lincoln Park1 acres
Who protects the land
2,445 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 45 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 17 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 paths1.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Erie To Pittsburgh Trail (bike route)10.6 mi
- Chautauqua Rails to Trails (bike route)10.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis22
- Baseball7
- Basketball5
- Pickleball2
- Soccer2
- Football2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Chautauqua and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Chautauqua'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 34.1-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.