1
Lake George Wild Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
7,134 acres7.5 mi of trail
Lily Pond trailRound Pond trailLong Pond TrailDetour
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Horicon
Horicon, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Horicon is conserved land, roughly 13,603 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake George Wild Forest (7.5 mi), Pharaoh Lake Wilderness (4.5 mi), and Town of Horicon (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Horicon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Horicon outdoors
Conserved land
30%
13,603 of 45,708 acres
Trails
29 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
8,002 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
Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
Nature preserve
4,122 acres4.5 mi of trail
Crab Pond TrailPharoah Lake TrailSucker Brook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Town of Horicon
Managed by Town of Horicon
34 acres0.7 mi of trail
Fox Hill trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
First Brother Primitive Area
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
90 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
13,603 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 673 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 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
Courts & fields
- Tennis5
- Baseball4
- Pickleball4
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Horicon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horicon | 29.8% | 29.0 mi | 4 |
| Chester | 7.2% | 66.5 mi | 2 |
| Warrensburg | 22.8% | 72.8 mi | 7 |
| Bolton | 28.1% | 71.7 mi | 15 |
| Schroon | 70.2% | 78.8 mi | 7 |
| Hague | 60.5% | 52.3 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Horicon'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 32.4-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.