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Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
Nature preserve
21,538 acres35.3 mi of trail
Sucker Brook TrailLong Swing TrailPharaoh Mountain TrailBlue Hill TrailShort Swing Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Schroon
Schroon, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 70% of Schroon is conserved land, roughly 63,096 acres. There are about 79 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pharaoh Lake Wilderness (35.3 mi), Hoffman Notch Wilderness (22.7 mi), and Hammond Pond Wild Forest (3.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Schroon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Schroon outdoors
Conserved land
70%
63,096 of 89,915 acres
Trails
79 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 65 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
33,261 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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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Hoffman Notch Wilderness
Nature preserve
21,354 acres22.7 mi of trail
Big Pond TrailJones Hill trailHoffman Notch TrailMarion Pond trailDirgylot Hill Trail
Dog rules not recorded
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Hammond Pond Wild Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
8,500 acres3.2 mi of trail
Peaked Hill trail (blue)hunter's path
Dog rules not recorded
4
Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
7,610 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
63,096 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 28 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 16 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis12
- Baseball4
- Soccer2
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Schroon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schroon | 70.2% | 78.8 mi | 7 |
| North Hudson | 92.2% | 99.9 mi | 8 |
| Ticonderoga | 44.1% | 51.4 mi | 10 |
| Crown Point | 39% | 19.8 mi | 3 |
| Minerva | 76.4% | 70.9 mi | 7 |
| Horicon | 29.8% | 29.0 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Schroon'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 43.3-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.