About 8.5% of Vails Gate is conserved land, roughly 56 acres. Vails Gate has 1 named park and preserve on the map.
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The longest trail network is Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
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Who manages Vails Gate’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Headquarters State Historic Site State Historic or Cultural Area | State parks | 46 | Open |
| The Town of New Windsor Land Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Unknown |
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Vails Gate | 8.5% | 1 |
| Firthcliffe | 3.6% | 4 |
| New Windsor | 30.1% | 8 |
| Cornwall | 37.9% | 12 |
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Vails Gate neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US. Measured against the Census town boundary.
"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.