1
Poestenkill Community Forest
Managed by Hudson Taconic Lands
435 acres8.9 mi of trail
Moose (yellow)Saphouse (red)Down Payment (red)Gravel Ridge Road (orange)Barred Owl (red)
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Poestenkill
Poestenkill, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 6% of Poestenkill is conserved land, roughly 1,252 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Poestenkill Community Forest (8.9 mi), Cowee State Forest (2.2 mi), and Barberville Falls Preserve (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Poestenkill, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Poestenkill outdoors
Conserved land
6%
1,252 of 20,720 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
289 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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
Cowee State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
338 acres2.2 mi of trail
Old Eastern Turnpike
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Barberville Falls Preserve
Managed by Hudson Taconic Lands
136 acres2.2 mi of trail
Ridge Trail (Orange)Creek Trail (Gray)Davitt Creek Trail (Blue)Falls Trail (Yellow)old trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center
Nature preserve
31 acres0.6 mi of trail
Long Trail (White)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Snake Hill Cliffs
Managed by Hudson Taconic Lands
47 acres0.4 mi of trail
Snake Hill (future trail)
Dog rules not recorded
6
Geiser Preserve
Managed by Hudson Taconic Lands
71 acres0.3 mi of trail
Fran's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
1,252 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 245 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Soccer2
- Football1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Poestenkill and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poestenkill | 6% | 19.2 mi | 6 |
| North Greenbush | 0.6% | 13.3 mi | 4 |
| Sand Lake | 1.3% | 10.8 mi | 6 |
| Grafton | 16.3% | 68.3 mi | 11 |
| Brunswick | 2% | 11.2 mi | 5 |
| Berlin | 41.6% | 59.9 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Poestenkill'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 21.8-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.