1
Chateaugay State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
3,755 acres9.2 mi of trail
Old Hobbit & Elf TrailTrail 1Trail 2Trail 5Trail 6
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Orwell
Orwell, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Orwell is conserved land, roughly 5,929 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Chateaugay State Forest (9.2 mi) and Salmon River Falls Unique Area (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Orwell, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Orwell outdoors
Conserved land
23%
5,929 of 26,247 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
named on the map
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
Salmon River Falls Unique Area
Nature preserve
118 acres0.6 mi of trail
Salmon River Falls Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Hall Island State Forest
Nature preserve
601 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Stave Mill State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
529 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 7 parks & preserves
- Lower Salmon River State Forest399 ac
- Trout Brook State Forest332 ac
- Salmon River State Forest31 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
5,929 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 114 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 13 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
Next door
Orwell and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orwell | 22.6% | 15.6 mi | 7 |
| Redfield | 28.7% | 44.8 mi | 9 |
| Boylston | 27.7% | 31.8 mi | 4 |
| Albion | 25.6% | 16.2 mi | 4 |
| Williamstown | 17.4% | 13.9 mi | 4 |
| Sandy Creek | 4.2% | 2.0 mi | 2 |
| Richland | 8.7% | 18.5 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Orwell'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 23.6-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.