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Central Park
Park
260 acres7.6 mi of trail
White Collar Resort PrisonThe MondaysJump to ConclusionsThe BobsChannel 9
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Schenectady
Schenectady, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Schenectady is conserved land, roughly 766 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Central Park (7.6 mi) and Woodlawn Preserve (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Schenectady, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Schenectady outdoors
Conserved land
11%
766 of 6,982 acres
Trails
12 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
28
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.7 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 4.5 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
Woodlawn Preserve
Nature preserve
116 acres2.2 mi of trail
Blue TrailRed TrailBlue / Red TrailGreen TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Steinmetz Park
Park
31 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Jerry Burrell Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 28 parks & preserves
- Orchard Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Veterans Park1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Vale Park32 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Grout Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Riverside Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hillhurst Park24 ac · Directions
- Kailberg Park16 ac · Directions
- Mt. Pleasant Fields14 ac · Directions
- Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail9 ac · Directions
- Michigan Avenue Park4 ac · Directions
- Front Street Park3 ac · Directions
- Stelmack Park3 ac
- Quackenbush Park3 ac
- Steinmetz Memorial Park2 ac · Directions
- Fairview Park2 ac · Directions
- Woodlawn Park2 ac · Directions
- Town of Niskayuna1 ac
- Schenectady Park1 ac · Directions
- Gateway Plaza1 ac · Directions
- Carrie Street Park1 ac · Directions
- Wallingford Park1 ac
- 10th & Webster Park1 ac · Directions
- MacGathan Park1 ac
- Sankofa Sculpture Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
766 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 2 of 17 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis45
- Baseball28
- Basketball28
- Pickleball12
- Football3
- Soccer3
- Multi-sport2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Schenectady and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Schenectady'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.