1
Big Brook State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
3,556 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Florence
Florence, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 34% of Florence is conserved land, roughly 12,055 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Big Brook State Forest (2.1 mi), Mad River State Forest (0.8 mi), and Florence Hill State Forest (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Florence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Florence outdoors
Conserved land
34%
12,055 of 34,992 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
10,792 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.
2
Mad River State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
2,899 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Florence Hill State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
1,346 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Swancott Hill State Forest
Nature preserve
1,428 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 10 parks & preserves
- Tri-County State Forest1,134 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Furnace Creek State Forest986 ac
- Fall Brook State Forest260 ac
- O'Hara State Forest21 ac
- West Osceola State Forest3 ac
- Orton Hollow State Forest1 ac
Who protects the land
12,055 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 12 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
Florence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Florence'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 30.4-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.