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Danby State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
7,214 acres20.6 mi of trail
Finger Lakes / North Country TrailAbbott LoopTamarack Lean-to and Spring Spur
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Danby
Danby, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Danby is conserved land, roughly 8,819 acres. There are about 36 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Danby State Forest (20.6 mi), Buttermilk Falls State Park (0.9 mi), and Sweedler and Thayer Nature Preserves (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Danby, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Danby outdoors
Conserved land
26%
8,819 of 34,197 acres
Trails
36 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
2,625 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.
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Buttermilk Falls State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
43 acres0.9 mi of trail
Finger Lakes Trail Spur - Buttermilk Falls
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
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Sweedler and Thayer Nature Preserves
Managed by Finger Lakes Land Trust
23 acres0.6 mi of trail
Finger Lakes Trail Spur - Lick BrookFinger Lakes Trail Spur - Buttermilk Falls
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
8,819 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 749 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 29 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Next door
Danby and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Danby'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 26.5-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.