1
Clapper Hollow State Forest
Nature preserve
807 acres8.2 mi of trail
Ski Trail #1Forest Access Road #3Ski Trail #10Ski Trail #9Forest Access Road #1
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Jefferson
Jefferson, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 6% of Jefferson is conserved land, roughly 1,668 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Clapper Hollow State Forest (8.2 mi) and Burnt-Rossman Hills State Forest (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jefferson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Jefferson outdoors
Conserved land
6%
1,668 of 27,619 acres
Trails
23 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
1,361 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
Burnt-Rossman Hills State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
287 acres1 mi of trail
Nys Truck Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Taylor Road Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
82 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Paulson Preserve
Managed by Schoharie Land Trust
165 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 5 parks & preserves
- Village Green at Jefferson2 ac
Who protects the land
1,668 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 299 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 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
- Baseball4
- Tennis3
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Jefferson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 6% | 22.8 mi | 5 |
| Summit | 9.7% | 2.7 mi | 4 |
| Blenheim | 34.7% | 24.6 mi | 3 |
| Harpersfield | 0.8% | 4.5 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Jefferson'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 28.5-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.