1
Cascadilla Gorge
Managed by Cornell Botanic Gardens
29 acres1 mi of trail
Cascadilla Gorge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Ithaca
Ithaca, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Ithaca is conserved land, roughly 524 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cascadilla Gorge (1 mi), Renwick Wildwood (0.9 mi), and Allan H. Treman State Marine Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ithaca, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ithaca outdoors
Conserved land
14%
524 of 3,861 acres
Trails
10 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
16 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
19.8 mi
6.5 mi lanes · 10.7 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
Renwick Wildwood
Nature preserve
36 acres0.9 mi of trail
Bird Sanctuary Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Fall Creek access parking lot
3
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
92 acres0.7 mi of trail
Treman Park Lake Loop
Dog rules not recorded
4
Stewart Park
Park
44 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Cass Park
Managed by Ithaca Youth Bureau
76 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Markels Flats
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Rawlings Green
Park
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 24 parks & preserves
- Washington Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Ithaca Falls Natural Area4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Fuertes Bird Sanctuary2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Titus Triangle1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Negundo Woods29 ac · Directions
- Strawberry Fields10 ac · Directions
- Wood Street Park4 ac · Directions
- McDaniels Park2 ac
- Baker Park1 ac
- DeWitt Park1 ac · Directions
- Thompson Park1 ac · Directions
- Hillview Park1 ac
- Conley Park1 ac · Directions
- Brindley Park1 ac · Directions
- Conway Park1 ac · Directions
- Bryant Park1 ac
- Maplewood Park1 ac
Who protects the land
524 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 24 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes6.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths10.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis18
- Basketball10
- Soccer7
- Baseball5
- Football2
- Multi-sport2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ithaca and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ithaca | 13.6% | 10.0 mi | 24 |
| Cayuga Heights | 0.2% | 0.9 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ithaca'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 20-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.