1
Orient Beach State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
382 acres2.6 mi of trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Southold
Southold, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.5% of Southold is conserved land, roughly 3,942 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Orient Beach State Park (2.6 mi), Inlet Pond County Park (1.7 mi), and Laurel Lake Preserve (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Southold, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Southold outdoors
Conserved land
1.5%
3,942 of 257,131 acres
Trails
44 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
31
165 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.9 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
Inlet Pond County Park
Managed by Suffolk County Parks Department
59 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Laurel Lake Preserve
Park
31 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Mill Road Preserve
Park
19 acres0.9 mi of trail
Beeoh TrailShortout Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Wolf Preserve
Managed by Peconic Land Trust
25 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Reese Preserve
Managed by Peconic Land Trust
28 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Long Beach Bay Tidal Wetlands Area
Nature preserve
407 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Jean W. Cochran Park
Managed by Town of Southold
12 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 31 parks & preserves
- Orient Point County Park34 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Laurel Lake Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Veteran's Memorial Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- 5th Street Beach Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cedar Beach County Park65 ac
- Oregon Marsh State Tidal Wetland28 ac · Directions
- Breakwater Beach Park22 ac · Directions
- Hallock State Park Preserve12 ac
- Bailie Beach Park12 ac · Directions
- Robert W. Tasker Memorial Park12 ac · Directions
- Aldrich Lane Park9 ac
- The Polo Grounds9 ac · Directions
- New Suffolk Waterfront6 ac
- Old Schoolhouse Park3 ac
- Peconic Bay Park3 ac · Directions
- Walter P. Sabbat Park3 ac
- Senator S. Wentworth Horton Park3 ac
- Mitchell Park3 ac · Directions
- Wolf Pit Lake3 ac
- Mattituck Creek Boat Launch and Park3 ac · Directions
- Oyster Ponds Waterway Access Site3 ac · Directions
- New Suffolk Beach3 ac
- Marratooka Lake Park3 ac
Who protects the land
3,942 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 829 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 90 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 paths6.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis80
- Baseball27
- Basketball11
- Pickleball9
- Soccer5
- Beach volleyball3
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Southold and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southold | 1.5% | 43.9 mi | 31 |
| East Hampton | 6.5% | 196.8 mi | 55 |
| Shelter Island | 14.4% | 21.1 mi | 2 |
| Riverhead | 5.7% | 84.0 mi | 32 |
| Westerly | 10.8% | 60.6 mi | 10 |
| Southampton | 10.5% | 258.2 mi | 51 |
| Groton | 17.2% | 80.3 mi | 71 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Southold'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 112.1-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.