1
Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest
Nature preserve
12,945 acres21.2 mi of trail
Mill Brook Ridge TrailDry Brook Ridge TrailNeversink - Hardenburgh TrailKelly Hollow Cross-Country Ski TrailAlder Lake Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Hardenburgh
Hardenburgh, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 65% of Hardenburgh is conserved land, roughly 33,598 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest (21.2 mi), Big Indian Wilderness (13.5 mi), and Delaware Wild Forest (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hardenburgh, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hardenburgh outdoors
Conserved land
65%
33,598 of 51,534 acres
Trails
44 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 41 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
named on the map
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
Big Indian Wilderness
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
12,305 acres13.5 mi of trail
Pine Hill - West Branch TrailOliverea-Mapledale Trail - redMongaup-Hardenburgh TrailMine Hollow Trail (yellow)Seager - Big indian Trail (Yellow)
Dog rules not recorded
3
Delaware Wild Forest
Nature preserve
483 acres2.2 mi of trail
Touch-Me-Not Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Dry Brook Ridge Wild Forest
Nature preserve
574 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dry Brook Ridge TrailHuckleberry Loop
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
33,598 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,587 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 12 of 205 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
- Tennis3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Hardenburgh and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardenburgh | 65.2% | 44.4 mi | 6 |
| Denning | 67.6% | 68.8 mi | 14 |
| Shandaken | 69.9% | 116.8 mi | 36 |
| Rockland | 24.5% | 41.7 mi | 8 |
| Andes | 28% | 35.3 mi | 37 |
| Middletown | 20.1% | 34.9 mi | 30 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hardenburgh'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 42.8-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.