1
Blue Mountain Reservation
Nature preserve
1,163 acres12 mi of trail
Blue Mountain Summit TrailSitting DuckRocky GlenDickey Brook TrailLimbo
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cortlandt
Cortlandt, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Cortlandt is conserved land, roughly 5,810 acres. There are about 69 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Blue Mountain Reservation (12 mi), Hudson Highlands Gateway Park (4.7 mi), and Brinton Brook Sanctuary (4.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cortlandt, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cortlandt outdoors
Conserved land
18%
5,810 of 31,914 acres
Trails
69 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 47 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
32
139 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
19.4 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 16.1 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
Hudson Highlands Gateway Park
Managed by Town of Cortlandt
359 acres4.7 mi of trail
Hudson Highlands
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Brinton Brook Sanctuary
Managed by Saw Mill River Audubon
163 acres4.4 mi of trail
Pond LoopHighland TrailSplit Rock TrailTurkey TrailLaurel Rock Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Hudson Highlands State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
534 acres3.8 mi of trail
Camp Smith Trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Teatown Lake Reservation
Managed by Teatown Lake Reservation
237 acres3.8 mi of trail
Cliffdale LoopCatamount Hill TrailCliffdale-Teatown TrailShortcut
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Croton Point Park
Managed by Westchester County Parks
417 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Oscawana Preserve
Managed by Town of Cortlandt
241 acres2.9 mi of trail
White TrailBlue TrailOrange TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Old Croton Aqueduct State Park
Park
22 acres1.6 mi of trail
Old Croton Aqueduct Trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 32 parks & preserves
- Croton Gorge Park174 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- George's Island Park142 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Montrose Point State Forest49 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Graff Sanctuary26 ac · 1 mi trail
- Jane E. Lytle Memorial Arboretum23 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Oscawana Island Nature Preserve49 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Verplanck Waterfront Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Lents Cove Park57 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Sprout Brook Park24 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Croton Gorge Unique Area20 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Gouveia Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Silver Lake Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Furnace Brook Headwater Preserve62 ac
- Croton Landing14 ac · Directions
- Firefighters Memorial Field and David J. Manes Fields9 ac · Directions
- Sunset Park8 ac · Directions
- Paradise Island County Park6 ac
- Black Rock Park4 ac · Directions
- Duck Pond Park4 ac · Directions
- Cortlandt Community Recreation Area3 ac · Directions
- Senasqua Park3 ac · Directions
- Dobbs Park2 ac · Directions
- Vassallo Park2 ac · Directions
- Mayo's Landing1 ac
Who protects the land
5,810 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,058 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 18 of 77 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths16.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball25
- Tennis21
- Basketball12
- Soccer11
- Football4
- Field hockey1
- Lacrosse1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Cortlandt and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cortlandt | 18.2% | 68.9 mi | 32 |
| Peekskill | 15.6% | 9.7 mi | 10 |
| Croton-on-Hudson | 10.6% | 17.5 mi | 16 |
| Ossining | 6.5% | 18.3 mi | 15 |
| Buchanan | 5.7% | 0.5 mi | 1 |
| Ossining | 5.8% | 5.0 mi | 9 |
| Stony Point | 59.6% | 80.9 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cortlandt'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 30.2-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.