1
Mountain Lakes Park
Park
977 acres12.6 mi of trail
Blue TrailOld Sib TrailWhite TrailSpruce Lake TrailHemlock Lake Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · North Salem
North Salem, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of North Salem is conserved land, roughly 1,869 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mountain Lakes Park (12.6 mi), Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack (4.6 mi), and Bloomerside Preserve (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in North Salem, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
North Salem outdoors
Conserved land
13%
1,869 of 14,599 acres
Trails
39 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
363 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
15.7 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
Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack
Managed by North Salem Opens Lands Foundation
128 acres4.6 mi of trail
Old Race Track
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Bloomerside Preserve
Managed by North Salem Open Land Foundation
80 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Halmi Preserve
Nature preserve
73 acres1.6 mi of trail
White TrailYellow TrailWhite / Yellow TrailNSBTA Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Hayfield-on-Keeler Preserve
Managed by North Salem Opens Lands Foundation
47 acres1 mi of trail
Hayfield on Keeler Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Hearst Mead Preserve
Nature preserve
82 acres0.9 mi of trail
Red TrailYellow TrailNorth Salem Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
7
Purdys Ridge Preserve
Managed by North Salem Open Land Foundation
65 acres0.9 mi of trail
Yellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Durand Preserve
Managed by North Salem Open Land Foundation
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
South Loop (yellow)North Loop (white)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 17 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 17 parks & preserves
Mountain Lakes Park977 acres · 12.6 mi of trail
Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack128 acres · 4.6 mi of trail · North Salem Opens Lands Foundation
Bloomerside Preserve80 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · North Salem Open Land Foundation
Halmi Preserve73 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Hayfield-on-Keeler Preserve47 acres · 1 mi of trail · North Salem Opens Lands Foundation
Hearst Mead Preserve82 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Purdys Ridge Preserve65 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · North Salem Open Land Foundation
Durand Preserve10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · North Salem Open Land Foundation
Lances-Lippman Preserve8 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · North Salem Open Land Foundation
Gaymark Preserve57 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · North Salem Opens Lands Foundation
Who protects the land
1,869 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 573 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 15 of 35 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 lanes15.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Equestrian24
- Tennis11
- Soccer8
- Baseball8
- Basketball3
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
North Salem and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Salem | 12.8% | 39.0 mi | 17 |
| Somers | 16.9% | 45.8 mi | 16 |
| Lewisboro | 14.7% | 44.4 mi | 36 |
| Southeast | 10% | 18.8 mi | 7 |
| Ridgefield | 17.8% | 56.6 mi | 127 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about North Salem'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.