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Darien Lakes State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
1,830 acres20.6 mi of trail
20-77Gas LineShotgun Ridge 1Conservation Trail77
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Darien
Darien, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.5% of Darien is conserved land, roughly 1,967 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Darien Lakes State Park (20.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Darien, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Darien outdoors
Conserved land
6.5%
1,967 of 30,279 acres
Trails
26 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 21 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
658 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.
Who protects the land
1,967 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 26 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 6 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
Courts & fields
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Darien and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien | 6.5% | 26.2 mi | 1 |
| Pembroke | 0.7% | 2.8 mi | 1 |
| Bennington | 1.2% | 2.7 mi | 0 |
| Alexander | 0.4% | 6.5 mi | 1 |
| Alden | 2.9% | 3.5 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Darien'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 22.5-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.