Outdoors · Van Buren

Van Buren, NY parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.8% of Van Buren is conserved land, roughly 408 acres. There are about 2.0 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Van Buren, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Van Buren outdoors

Conserved land
1.8%
408 of 23,003 acres
Trails
2.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
29 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.0 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

12
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.
1

Baldwinsville Community Park

Park
41 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Van Buren Central Park

Park
108 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

408 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
196 ac
Other state land
111 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
44 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
41 ac
County
17 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
1 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 41 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 9 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 paths2.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes3.5 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball16
  • Tennis6
  • Soccer6
  • Basketball3
  • Pickleball2
  • Lacrosse2
  • Field hockey1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Van Buren and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Van Buren1.8%2.0 mi2
Lysander12.1%19.4 mi6
Camillus8.5%11.7 mi13
Elbridge7.6%5.4 mi4
Geddes9.8%5.9 mi9
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Van Buren'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 23.4-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.

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