1
Frear Park
Park
203 acres5.2 mi of trail
Perimeter TrailPiscawen TrailConnector TrailWright Lake Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Troy
Troy, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.2% of Troy is conserved land, roughly 508 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Frear Park (5.2 mi), Poesten Kill Bends Preserve (1.8 mi), and Prospect Park (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Troy, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Troy outdoors
Conserved land
7.2%
508 of 7,036 acres
Trails
23 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.5 mi
2.3 mi lanes · 3.1 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
Poesten Kill Bends Preserve
Managed by Hudson Taconic Lands
70 acres1.8 mi of trail
Red TrailWhite TrailYellow Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Prospect Park
Park
87 acres1.7 mi of trail
Garnet Douglass Baltimore Trail (blue)Disc Golf pathNorthwest Access TrailFerry/Havermans Connector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Burden Pond Preserve
Managed by City of Troy
65 acres1.6 mi of trail
The Narrows Cascade and Heritage Trail: Phase 1Connector Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
5
John B. Staalesen Vanderheyden Preserve
Managed by Hudson Taconic Lands
23 acres1.3 mi of trail
Wynants Kill LoopRidge Loop TrailBack Steps TrailGrove Trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Knickerbacker Park
Park
43 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
HVCC
Managed by HVCC
21 acres0.7 mi of trail
LaPan Upper Trail (Blue)McDonough Trail (Red)LaPan Lower Trail (Orange)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo B4-Lot
8
Stow Hill Nature Preserve
Managed by City of Troy
31 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 25 parks & preserves
- Osgood Woods14 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Beman Park7 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- William D. Chamberlain Riverfront Park4 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Poesten Kill Gorge Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- 7th Ave Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- 123rd Street Boat Launch Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- 6th Avenue Park4 ac · Directions
- Sage Park3 ac · Directions
- Carroll Hill Park2 ac · Directions
- South Troy Swimming Pool2 ac · Directions
- Powers Memorial Park2 ac · Directions
- 112th Street Park2 ac · Directions
- Ingalls Avenue Boat Launch2 ac · Directions
- Kinloch Park1 ac · Directions
- Riley Park1 ac
- 120th Street Park1 ac · Directions
- Corliss Park1 ac
Who protects the land
508 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 2 of 26 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis30
- Baseball29
- Basketball22
- Soccer10
- Football4
- Pickleball3
- Multi-sport2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Troy and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 7.2% | 22.9 mi | 25 |
| Brunswick | 2% | 11.2 mi | 5 |
| Schaghticoke | 6.4% | 6.3 mi | 1 |
| North Greenbush | 0.6% | 13.3 mi | 4 |
| Watervliet | 3% | 0.9 mi | 8 |
| Green Island | 3.8% | 0.5 mi | 3 |
| Green Island | 3.8% | 0.5 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Troy'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 20-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.