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Dry Brook Ridge Wild Forest
Nature preserve
6,286 acres16.2 mi of trail
Huckleberry LoopDry Brook Ridge TrailGerman Hollow (Yellow)
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Middletown
Middletown, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Middletown is conserved land, roughly 12,469 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dry Brook Ridge Wild Forest (16.2 mi) and Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middletown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middletown outdoors
Conserved land
20%
12,469 of 61,893 acres
Trails
35 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
30
3,788 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
Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest
Nature preserve
393 acres0.8 mi of trail
Kelly Hollow Cross-Country Ski Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Cole Hill Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
490 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Denver Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
482 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 30 parks & preserves
- Alpaca Ridge Unit709 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Arena Unit382 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Kettle Hill Unit483 ac
- New Kingston Mountain Unit427 ac
- Dunraven North Unit423 ac
- Morris Hill Unit364 ac
- Weaver Hollow Unit359 ac
- Miller Road Unit335 ac
- Brush Ridge Unit219 ac
- Hubbell Hill Unit136 ac
- South Dunraven Unit104 ac
- Red Kill Unit100 ac
- Huckleberry Brook Unit92 ac · Directions
- Brook Road Unit67 ac
- Floyd Finch Road Unit63 ac
- Middletown Forest Preserve Detached Parcel62 ac
- Covesville Unit53 ac
- Twin Pond Unit41 ac
- Hubbell Hill Hollow Unit36 ac
- Little Red Kill Unit35 ac
- Sprague Road Unit34 ac
- Bragg Hollow Unit31 ac
- Johnny Cake Lane Unit27 ac
- Halcott Center Unit11 ac
- Fleischmann Athletic Park5 ac
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest4 ac
Who protects the land
12,469 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,940 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 12 of 37 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
- Tennis9
- Baseball3
- Basketball3
- Soccer1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Middletown and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middletown'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 47-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.