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Speedwell Mountain Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
3,668 acres4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Tompkins
Tompkins, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 25% of Tompkins is conserved land, roughly 16,375 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Speedwell Mountain Unit (4 mi), Barbour Brook State Forest (2.6 mi), and Fletcher Hollow Unit (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Tompkins, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Tompkins outdoors
Conserved land
25%
16,375 of 66,448 acres
Trails
33 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
13,795 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
Barbour Brook State Forest
Nature preserve
650 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Fletcher Hollow Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
397 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Johnny Brook Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
3,667 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 24 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 24 parks & preserves
Speedwell Mountain Unit3,668 acres · 4 mi of trail · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Barbour Brook State Forest650 acres · 2.6 mi of trail
Fletcher Hollow Unit397 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Beerston Unit109 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Johnny Brook Unit3,667 acres · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Steam Mill State Forest1,638 acres
Sands Creek Unit1,587 acres · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Kerryville State Forest693 acres
Tompkins Forest Preserve Detached Parcel498 acres
Barbour Brook Unit414 acres · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Who protects the land
16,375 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 5,094 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 10 of 29 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
Nearby
Tompkins and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tompkins | 24.6% | 32.5 mi | 24 |
| Walton | 10.9% | 29.8 mi | 24 |
| Deposit | 14.3% | 9.8 mi | 7 |
| Hancock | 2.8% | 46.1 mi | 9 |
| Masonville | 22.9% | 20.6 mi | 11 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Tompkins'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 45-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.