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Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
13,301 acres5.6 mi of trail
Mount Arab Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Piercefield
Piercefield, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 83% of Piercefield is conserved land, roughly 58,932 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest (5.6 mi), Round Lake Wilderness (3.3 mi), and Winding Falls Primitive Area (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Piercefield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Piercefield outdoors
Conserved land
83%
58,932 of 70,620 acres
Trails
50 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 48 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
named on the map
Bike routes
0.6 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
Round Lake Wilderness
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
4,990 acres3.3 mi of trail
Trout Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Winding Falls Primitive Area
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
22 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Raquette-Jordan Boreal Primitive Area
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
2,615 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Dead Creek Primitive Area
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
1,124 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Five Ponds Wilderness
Nature preserve
86 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 7 parks & preserves
- Eastern Five Ponds Access Primitive Area615 ac · 0.2 mi trail
Who protects the land
58,932 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 35,988 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 26 of 47 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 lanes0.6 mi
Next door
Piercefield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piercefield | 83.4% | 49.8 mi | 7 |
| Colton | 62.7% | 152.8 mi | 12 |
| Tupper Lake | 34.9% | 45.7 mi | 4 |
| Hopkinton | 49.4% | 48.2 mi | 7 |
| Long Lake | 71.4% | 121.9 mi | 17 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Piercefield'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 38.5-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.