1
Bowdoin Park
Park
303 acres7.4 mi of trail
Yellow
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.3% of Poughkeepsie is conserved land, roughly 1,839 acres. There are about 38 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bowdoin Park (7.4 mi), Peach Hill Park (4.7 mi), and Vassar's Back Yard (4.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Poughkeepsie, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Poughkeepsie outdoors
Conserved land
9.3%
1,839 of 19,829 acres
Trails
38 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 24 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
40 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.2 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.
2
Peach Hill Park
Park
121 acres4.7 mi of trail
red trailwhite trailgreen trailorange trailwhite + red trails
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Vassar's Back Yard
Park
252 acres4.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Locust Grove
Park
175 acres4.2 mi of trail
The Lane LoopThe South Loop TrailThe Ravine TrailThe Sunfish Cove TrailThe Saw Mill Trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Fern Tor
Nature preserve
17 acres0.7 mi of trail
North Ridge TrailSouth Ridge TrailCove Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
6
Spratt Park
Park
114 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Quiet Cove Riverfront Park
Park
32 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 20 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 20 parks & preserves
Bowdoin Park303 acres · 7.4 mi of trail
Peach Hill Park121 acres · 4.7 mi of trail
Vassar's Back Yard252 acres · 4.4 mi of trail
Locust Grove175 acres · 4.2 mi of trail
Fern Tor17 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Spratt Park114 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Quiet Cove Riverfront Park32 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Longview Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Vassar Field2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Greenvale Park21 acres · Town of Poughkeepsie
Who protects the land
1,839 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 191 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 28 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 lanes2.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis50
- Baseball41
- Soccer23
- Basketball9
- Football5
- Tracks2
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Poughkeepsie and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie | 9.3% | 37.9 mi | 20 |
| LaGrange | 4.7% | 36.0 mi | 8 |
| Poughkeepsie | 12.8% | 8.1 mi | 13 |
| Wappinger | 5.2% | 4.2 mi | 10 |
| Hyde Park | 12.4% | 36.0 mi | 13 |
| Marlborough | 2.3% | 10.7 mi | 2 |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.7% | 25.1 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Poughkeepsie'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 25.7-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.