Outdoors · Ossian

Ossian, NY parks, trails & bike paths

About 16% of Ossian is conserved land, roughly 4,088 acres. There are about 4.4 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Ossian outdoors

Conserved land
16%
4,088 of 25,224 acres
Trails
4.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
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

123
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

Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area

Nature preserve
1,488 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Ossian State Forest

Nature preserve
1,278 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
3

Canaseraga State Forest

Nature preserve
1,270 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

4,088 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State conservation
4,070 ac
Town or city
14 ac
County
4 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 5 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

Ossian and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ossian16.2%4.4 mi3
North Dansville1.7%2.4 mi10
Burns9.3%7.5 mi4
Nunda9.9%9.4 mi3
Grove11.9%6.7 mi3
West Sparta1.5%3.7 mi1
Dansville2.2%13.6 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ossian'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 20.7-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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