1
BASF Environmental Education Classroom and Wildlife Habitat
Park
10 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Rensselaer
Rensselaer, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.9% of Rensselaer is conserved land, roughly 64 acres. There are about 4.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in BASF Environmental Education Classroom and Wildlife Habitat (0.9 mi), Hollow Park (0.7 mi), and Riverfront Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rensselaer, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rensselaer outdoors
Conserved land
2.9%
64 of 2,230 acres
Trails
4.7 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
11
7 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.9 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
Hollow Park
Park
78 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Riverfront Park
Park
19 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Rensselaer Waterfront Esplanade
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Rensselaer Waterfront Esplanade
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 11 parks & preserves
- Coyne Field3 ac · Directions
- Hilton Park Boat Launch2 ac · Directions
- Central Park1 ac
- Eastland Park1 ac
- Plum Street Park1 ac · Directions
- Walter S. Pratt Memorial Playground1 ac · Directions
- Crailo State Historic Site1 ac
Who protects the land
64 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 9 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 paths0.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis13
- Basketball5
- Baseball5
- Soccer2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Rensselaer and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer | 2.9% | 4.7 mi | 11 |
| North Greenbush | 0.6% | 13.3 mi | 4 |
| East Greenbush | 3.4% | 11.1 mi | 5 |
| Albany | 15.2% | 48.9 mi | 67 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rensselaer'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 20-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.