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Schodack Island State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
892 acres8.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Schodack
Schodack, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.6% of Schodack is conserved land, roughly 2,254 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Schodack Island State Park (8.4 mi), Schodack Town Park (3.5 mi), and Palmer Road Preserve (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Schodack, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Schodack outdoors
Conserved land
5.6%
2,254 of 40,460 acres
Trails
35 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
174 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.1 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.
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Schodack Town Park
Park
83 acres3.5 mi of trail
White trailRed trailPurple trailYellow trailBlue trail
Dog rules not recorded
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Palmer Road Preserve
Managed by Rensselaer Land Trust
58 acres1 mi of trail
Perimeter trail (yellow)Entrance trail (white)Shortcut trail (orange)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Schermerhorn Park
Managed by Village of Castleton
45 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
2,254 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,013 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 27 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 paths7.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
- Basketball8
- Baseball6
- Soccer4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Schodack and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Schodack'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 31-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.