1
Charles E. Baker State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
988 acres3.8 mi of trail
Horse Trail 14Horse Trail 58Horse Trail 16Horse Trail 15
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Columbus
Columbus, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.2% of Columbus is conserved land, roughly 1,484 acres. There are about 4.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Charles E. Baker State Forest (3.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Columbus, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Columbus outdoors
Conserved land
6.2%
1,484 of 23,852 acres
Trails
4.3 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
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
Skinner Hill State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
443 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
1,484 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 43 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
Columbus and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 6.2% | 4.3 mi | 2 |
| Edmeston | 1.9% | 1.9 mi | 1 |
| Pittsfield | 3.3% | 2.3 mi | 2 |
| Sherburne | 5.8% | 4.5 mi | 6 |
| Brookfield | 24.4% | 62.3 mi | 4 |
| New Berlin | 10.8% | 1.6 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Columbus'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 22.4-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.