1
Calverton Pine Barrens State Forest
Nature preserve
185 acres10.5 mi of trail
Calverton Mountain Bike TrailRollercoasterScuttle Hole
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Riverhead
Riverhead, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.7% of Riverhead is conserved land, roughly 7,258 acres. There are about 84 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Calverton Pine Barrens State Forest (10.5 mi), Wildwood State Park (9.3 mi), and Otis Pike Preserve - West (7.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Riverhead, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Riverhead outdoors
Conserved land
5.7%
7,258 of 128,087 acres
Trails
84 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 43 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
32
202 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
21.8 mi
8.6 mi lanes · 13.3 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
Wildwood State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
768 acres9.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Otis Pike Preserve - West
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
823 acres7.8 mi of trail
Paumanok Path
Dog rules not recorded
4
Robert Cushman Murphy County Park
Nature preserve
1,698 acres4.7 mi of trail
Paumanok Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Indian Island County Park
Park
335 acres2.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Hallock State Park Preserve
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
203 acres2.1 mi of trail
Maritime Forest TrailYellow TrailBeach Access Trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Calverton Ponds Preserve
Nature preserve
148 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Veterans Memorial Park
Park
63 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 32 parks & preserves
- Baiting Hollow Tidal Wetlands Area74 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Stotzky Memorial Park29 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Sound Avenue Nature Preserve14 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Otis Pike Preserve - East139 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- South Jamesport Park15 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Iron Pier Beach3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Two Bears Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Otis Pike Preserve - Fresh Pond485 ac · Directions
- Peconic Estuary65 ac
- Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center40 ac
- Otis Pike Preserve - Canoe Lake35 ac
- Andrew E. Sabin Nature Preserve33 ac · Directions
- East Creek Boat Launch13 ac · Directions
- Police Officers Memorial Park7 ac · Directions
- Horton Avenue Park4 ac
- Otis Pike Preserve - South River Road2 ac
- North Shore Rail Trail2 ac · Directions
- Milton L. Burns Park2 ac · Directions
- Ammann Park2 ac · Directions
- Miamogue Point Park2 ac · Directions
- Nadel Drive Park2 ac
- Millbrook Gables Park2 ac
- Meeting House Creek Park1 ac
- Lutheran Church Playground1 ac
Who protects the land
7,258 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 419 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 10 of 81 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes8.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths13.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis33
- Baseball19
- Pickleball10
- Basketball10
- Soccer1
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Riverhead and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead | 5.7% | 84.0 mi | 32 |
| Brookhaven | 12.2% | 591.9 mi | 180 |
| Southampton | 10.5% | 258.2 mi | 51 |
| Southold | 1.5% | 43.9 mi | 31 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Riverhead'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 57.4-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.