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Jones Park
Managed by Town of Vestal
336 acres13.4 mi of trail
Main Street (red)Creek TrailDouble DRed EftLost Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Vestal
Vestal, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.3% of Vestal is conserved land, roughly 1,096 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Jones Park (13.4 mi), Binghamton University Nature Preserve (8.2 mi), and Arnold Park (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Vestal, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Vestal outdoors
Conserved land
3.3%
1,096 of 33,428 acres
Trails
26 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
35 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.2 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.
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Binghamton University Nature Preserve
Managed by SUNY Binghamton
453 acres8.2 mi of trail
Anthill TrailForest Loop TrailPond TrailMarsh TrailSaddle Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo Lot M0
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Arnold Park
Park
105 acres1.9 mi of trail
Arnold Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Tracy Creek State Forest
Nature preserve
420 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 16 parks & preserves
- Harold Moore Park13 ac · Directions
- Ross Corners Park11 ac
- Middendorf Park11 ac · Directions
- Barlow Park6 ac · Directions
- Vestal Center Park5 ac
- Stair Park4 ac
- Fuller Hollow Park4 ac
- Twin Orchard Park3 ac · Directions
- African Road Park2 ac
- Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
- Barnard Park1 ac
- Binghamton University Memorial Courtyard1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,096 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 21 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 paths3.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
- Vestal Rail Trail (bike route)0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis28
- Basketball16
- Baseball15
- Tracks15
- Pickleball11
- Soccer7
- Beach volleyball4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Vestal and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestal | 3.3% | 26.1 mi | 16 |
| Union | 2.5% | 19.3 mi | 15 |
| Binghamton | 1.4% | 9.9 mi | 1 |
| Johnson City | 3.4% | 1.2 mi | 6 |
| Owego | 2.3% | 28.1 mi | 16 |
| Endicott | 5.8% | 6.7 mi | 2 |
| Binghamton | 10.2% | 2.5 mi | 21 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Vestal'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 26.2-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.