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Pawling Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
677 acres6.6 mi of trail
Blue LoopRidge TrailAppalachian TrailYellow LoopAppalachian Trail / Yellow Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Pawling
Pawling, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 9% of Pawling is conserved land, roughly 2,577 acres. There are about 40 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pawling Nature Reserve (6.6 mi) and Deer Pond Farm (6.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pawling, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pawling outdoors
Conserved land
9%
2,577 of 28,732 acres
Trails
40 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
320 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.3 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.
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Deer Pond Farm
Managed by Connecticut Audubon Society
443 acres6.1 mi of trail
Big Bear TrailCarolyn's TrailGreenwoods TrailLedges Loop TrailKirkby View Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the trail sign
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Friends of Great Swamp
Nature preserve
190 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Depot Hill Multiple Use Area
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
2,577 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 139 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 21 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 paths5.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis17
- Soccer9
- Baseball8
- Basketball6
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Pawling and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pawling'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 24.8-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.