Outdoors · Jackson

Jackson, NY parks, trails & bike paths

About 12% of Jackson is conserved land, roughly 2,835 acres. There are about 2.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Batten Kill State Forest (1.8 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jackson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Jackson outdoors

Conserved land
12%
2,835 of 23,883 acres
Trails
2.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
1,673 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.5 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

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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.
1

Batten Kill State Forest

Nature preserve
517 acres1.8 mi of trail
Folded Rock Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Eldridge Swamp State Forest

Nature preserve
525 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
3

Goose Egg State Forest

Nature preserve
8 acres0.1 mi of trail
Folded Rock Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

2,835 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
2,343 ac
State conservation
1,063 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
831 ac
State parks
118 ac
Regional Water Districts
26 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,629 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 48 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 lanes1.5 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Jackson and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Jackson11.9%2.6 mi3
Salem5.6%6.4 mi1
Greenwich5.2%10.0 mi4
Cambridge1.9%3.8 mi0
White Creek13.3%20.9 mi7
Cambridge0%0.0 mi1
Easton14.9%10.8 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Jackson'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 28-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.

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