1
Hancock Forest Preserve Detached Parcel
Nature preserve
1,674 acres2.4 mi of trail
Bouchoux Trail (Jensen Ledges Trail)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Hancock
Hancock, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.8% of Hancock is conserved land, roughly 2,877 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hancock Forest Preserve Detached Parcel (2.4 mi) and Tomannex State Forest (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hancock, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hancock outdoors
Conserved land
2.8%
2,877 of 102,904 acres
Trails
46 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
1,039 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
Tomannex State Forest
Nature preserve
1,004 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Bear Spring Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
36 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
East Branch Delaware River Waterway Access
Park
10 acres0.2 mi of trail
Partridge Island Walking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 9 parks & preserves
Hancock Forest Preserve Detached Parcel1,674 acres · 2.4 mi of trail
Tomannex State Forest1,004 acres · 2.1 mi of trail
East Branch Delaware River Waterway Access10 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Robert W Nichol Nature Preserve and Science Center3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Hancock Town Square1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Bear Spring Mountain Wildlife Management Area36 acres
Baxter Brook Unit7 acres · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Kerryville State Forest3 acres
Tompkins Forest Preserve Detached Parcel2 acres
Who protects the land
2,877 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 8 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 11 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
- Tennis18
- Baseball8
- Basketball3
- Soccer1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Hancock and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock | 2.8% | 46.1 mi | 9 |
| Buckingham | 9.9% | 6.4 mi | 1 |
| Manchester | 6.9% | 21.2 mi | 1 |
| Scott | 23.2% | 10.1 mi | 2 |
| Hancock | 0.3% | 2.3 mi | 2 |
| Colchester | 35.5% | 76.8 mi | 19 |
| Fremont | 1.6% | 4.9 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hancock'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 53.5-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.