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Sterling Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
711 acres7.9 mi of trail
Meadow LoopButtonbush TrailVernal Pool TrailHeron TrailDogwood Extension
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sterling
Sterling, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.1% of Sterling is conserved land, roughly 2,719 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sterling Nature Reserve (7.9 mi) and West Barrier Bar County Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sterling, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sterling outdoors
Conserved land
9.1%
2,719 of 29,951 acres
Trails
25 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
852 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
West Barrier Bar County Park
Park
13 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Fair Haven Beach State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
1,012 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
2,719 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 4 of 6 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
- Tennis1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Sterling and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling | 9.1% | 25.0 mi | 3 |
| Fair Haven | 14.3% | 0.7 mi | 2 |
| Hannibal | 0.4% | 1.3 mi | 0 |
| Wolcott | 10% | 1.2 mi | 3 |
| Oswego | 2.6% | 2.3 mi | 1 |
| Victory | 0.5% | 2.5 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sterling'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 26.7-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.