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Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary
Nature preserve
621 acres7.4 mi of trail
Red TrailBlue TrailBluebird (Red) TrailGreen TrailWhite Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Mountain Road Trailhead
Outdoors · Stanford
Stanford, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.6% of Stanford is conserved land, roughly 840 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary (7.4 mi), Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area (2.3 mi), and Whitlock Preserve (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Stanford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Stanford outdoors
Conserved land
2.6%
840 of 31,952 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
228 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.
2
Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area
Park
195 acres2.3 mi of trail
Blue Buzzard TrailYellow Warbler Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Whitlock Preserve
Park
34 acres1 mi of trail
Blue TrailOrange Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Stanford Recreation Park
Park
20 acres0.7 mi of trail
Beach Path
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
840 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 193 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 8 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
- Baseball4
- Soccer4
- Tennis4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Stanford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford | 2.6% | 13.0 mi | 4 |
| Clinton | 2.3% | 0.6 mi | 1 |
| Washington | 0.8% | 1.7 mi | 2 |
| Pine Plains | 7.5% | 16.7 mi | 5 |
| North East | 15.3% | 20.6 mi | 2 |
| Milan | 6.8% | 11.6 mi | 4 |
| Amenia | 2.7% | 7.2 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Stanford'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 25.8-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.