Bluestone Wild Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
12 acres0.2 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
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Outdoors in Ruby
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Ruby
About 1.5% of Ruby is conserved land, roughly 17 acres. Ruby has 1 named park and preserve on the map.
Conserved land
1.5%
17 of 1,083 acres
Trails
0.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
15 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
0.0 mi
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Bluestone Wild Forest, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
17 conserved acres
Who manages Ruby’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State conservation12 ac
Town or city4 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government2 ac
State Conservation Area · 12 acLocal Park · 6 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestone Wild Forest State Conservation Area | State conservation | 12 | Open |
| Town of Ulster Land Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Unknown |
| John Victor Brown Memorial Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 2 | Open |
Next door
Ruby and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby | 1.5% | 1 |
| Ulster | 7.2% | 9 |
| Kingston | 38.5% | 1 |
| Saugerties | 6.2% | 17 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ruby neighbors.
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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.