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Gurney Lane Recreation Area
Park
150 acres9.1 mi of trail
Red (foot)Blue (foot)Yellow (foot)Race CourseTwitter
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Queensbury
Queensbury, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Queensbury is conserved land, roughly 5,813 acres. There are about 79 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gurney Lane Recreation Area (9.1 mi), Sullivan Preserve (2.7 mi), and Hudson Pointe Nature Preserve (2.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Queensbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Queensbury outdoors
Conserved land
14%
5,813 of 43,029 acres
Trails
79 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 36 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
199 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.2 mi
3.8 mi lanes · 5.4 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
Sullivan Preserve
Nature preserve
56 acres2.7 mi of trail
Ridge TrailGalien's GlidePig AlleyDeadman's PathValley Run
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hudson Pointe Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
151 acres2.3 mi of trail
Green trailYellow trailOrange trailBlue connector trailBlue trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Leon M. Steves Big Bay Preserve
Nature preserve
63 acres2.3 mi of trail
Yellow trailRed trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Van Dusen Preserve
Nature preserve
55 acres1.7 mi of trail
Nature trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Meadowbrook Preserve
Park
63 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
McPhillips Preserve
Nature preserve
166 acres1 mi of trail
French mountain trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Moreau Lake State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
116 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 19 parks & preserves
- Hovey Pond Park15 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Clendon Brook Preserve8 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Feeder Canal Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lake George Wild Forest1,430 ac · Directions
- Hudson River Park56 ac · Directions
- Ridge/Jenkinsville Park41 ac · Directions
- Nicholson Preserve13 ac · Directions
- Lake George Islands Intensive Use Area7 ac
- Elk's Preserve4 ac · Directions
- West End Park3 ac
- Glen Lake Boat Launch1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
5,813 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 398 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 12 of 32 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis30
- Baseball24
- Pickleball12
- Basketball9
- Soccer9
- Softball3
- Field hockey2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Queensbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensbury | 13.5% | 78.6 mi | 19 |
| Moreau | 20% | 47.6 mi | 10 |
| Glens Falls | 5.3% | 1.6 mi | 7 |
| Kingsbury | 4.5% | 6.4 mi | 5 |
| Lake George | 20.3% | 34.7 mi | 9 |
| Fort Ann | 27.5% | 69.3 mi | 4 |
| Bolton | 28.1% | 71.7 mi | 15 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Queensbury'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 37.7-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.