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Outdoors in Ridge 53 miles of trails in Ridge About 42% of Ridge is conserved land, roughly 3,550 acres. There are about 53 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Brookhaven State Park (21.1 mi), Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest (6.5 mi), and Robert Cushman Murphy County Park (4.8 mi).
Conserved land
42%
3,550 of 8,451 acres
Trails
53 mi
4 mi per sq mi · 37 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
284 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
4.1 mi
4.1 mi lanes
What kind of outdoors town is Ridge? Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
The map Conserved land, trails & bike routes Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
🏖️ 1st Beach 🏖️ 2nd Beach 🏖️ 3rd Beach 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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★ What stands out · Places to walk Pick a walk The longest trail network is Brookhaven State Park, with 21.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
All 7 Dogs welcome 1 Under 1 mi 2 1–3 mi 2 3+ mi 3 100+ acres 4
1 Brookhaven State Park Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
1,623 acres21.1 mi of trail
Green Trail Brookhaven Trail Red Trail Blue Trail +1
🐕 Dogs on leash
2 Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest Nature preserve
611 acres6.5 mi of trail
Raymond P. Corwin Trail Red Horse Trail East Lust Garden Loop Yellow Shortcut East +1
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Robert Cushman Murphy County Park Nature preserve
340 acres4.8 mi of trail
Brookhaven Trail Paumanok Path
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Ridge Pine Barrens State Forest and Maintenance Center Nature preserve
179 acres2.3 mi of trail
Red Trail in Ridge New York State Conservation Area Blue Trail in Ridge New York State Conservation Area Yellow Trail in Ridge New York State Conservation Area
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
5 Pine Trail Nature Preserve Nature preserve
36 acres1.5 mi of trail
Paumanok Path
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
6 Panamoka Pine Barrens State Forest Nature preserve
95 acres0.5 mi of trail
Tarkill Trail Montauk Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
7 Longwood Estate Park
37 acres0.3 mi of trail
Raymond P. Corwin Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
All 11 parks & preserves 🌲 Brookhaven State Park 1,623 acres · 21.1 mi of trail · New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Directions 🌲 Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest 611 acres · 6.5 mi of trail
Directions 🌲 Robert Cushman Murphy County Park 340 acres · 4.8 mi of trail
Directions 🌲 Ridge Pine Barrens State Forest and Maintenance Center 179 acres · 2.3 mi of trail
🌲 Pine Trail Nature Preserve 36 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Directions 🌲 Panamoka Pine Barrens State Forest 95 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Directions 🌳 Longwood Estate 37 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions 🌲 Longwood Pine Barrens State Forest 164 acres · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Directions 🌲 Brookhaven Pine Barrens State Forest 34 acres
🌳 Leisure Knoll Park 5 acres
🌳 Ridge Community Park 1 acres
Things to do 3 places to go in Ridge Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
🏖️ 3 Beaches
Beaches in Ridge Show all on map
Trails & water
19 named trails and 8 lakes & rivers Named trails
Open to bikes · 4.9 mi Horses · 4.3 mi Unpaved · 20.8 mi
Paumanok Path 4.5 mi
Brookhaven Trail 4.0 mi
Raymond P. Corwin Trail 3.5 mi
Green Trail 3.5 mi
Red Trail 2.1 mi
Lust Garden Loop 1.6 mi
Red Trail in Ridge New York State Conservation Area 1.3 mi
Red Horse Trail East 1.2 mi
Blue Trail in Ridge New York State Conservation Area 0.9 mi
Yellow Shortcut East 0.7 mi
9 more trails 🥾 Lust Garden Connector
0.4 mi 🥾 Blue Horse Trail SE
0.3 mi 🥾 Yellow Trail in Ridge New York State Conservation Area
0.1 mi Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it 3,550 conserved acres Who manages Ridge’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks 1,641 ac
State conservation 1,103 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government 331 ac
County 240 ac
Town or city 219 ac
State fish & wildlife 182 ac
Regional agency 44 ac
State Park · 1,641 ac State Conservation Area · 1,148 ac Local Park · 744 ac State Resource Management Area · 182 ac Local Other or Unknown · 35 ac
Good to know Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 18 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Brookhaven State ParkState Park
State parks 1,641 Open Rocky Point Pine Barrens State ForestState Conservation Area
State conservation 619 Open Firemens Memorial ParkLocal Park
Other or Unknown Local Government 298 Open Peconic River HeadwatersLocal Park
County 207 Open Ridge Conservation AreaState Conservation Area
State conservation 189 Open Middle Island State Environmental Education CenterState Resource Management Area
State fish & wildlife 182 Open TOWN OF BROOKHAVENC/O DEPT OF FINANCE LandLocal Park
Town or city 176 Unknown Longwood Pine Barrens State ForestState Conservation Area
State conservation 164 Open Panamoka Pine Barrens State ForestState Conservation Area
State conservation 97 Open Shoreham Wading River School District LandsState Conservation Area
Regional agency 44 Restricted
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Biking & sports 4.1 miles of bike routes Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
4.1 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
10 Tennis
6 Baseball
2 Soccer
1 Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.
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