1
Wilcox Lake Wild Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
12,255 acres12.1 mi of trail
Murphy lake pathTenant Creek Falls trailhunters pathEast Stony Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Hope
Hope, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 64% of Hope is conserved land, roughly 16,859 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wilcox Lake Wild Forest (12.1 mi) and Silver Lake Wilderness (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hope, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hope outdoors
Conserved land
64%
16,859 of 26,482 acres
Trails
22 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
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
Silver Lake Wilderness
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
2,683 acres1 mi of trail
Groff Creek trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
16,859 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,749 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 9 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
Nearby
Hope and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 63.7% | 21.9 mi | 2 |
| Benson | 90.8% | 33.6 mi | 3 |
| Wells | 90.7% | 87.4 mi | 6 |
| Northampton | 2.5% | 4.4 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hope'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 25.9-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.