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Great Bear Recreational area
Park
428 acres11.1 mi of trail
440 RidgeLong TrailLower Turtle TrailDrumlin TrailsWhiskey Island
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Great Bear Recreational
Outdoors · Volney
Volney, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.5% of Volney is conserved land, roughly 484 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Great Bear Recreational area (11.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Volney, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Volney outdoors
Conserved land
1.5%
484 of 31,262 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
86 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.5 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
Curtiss Gale Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
45 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Volney
Bristol Hill505 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 5.0 miHorses 8.1 mi
Showing 1–10 of 23 trails
- 440 Ridge1.2 mi
- Long Trail0.7 mi
- Lower Turtle Trail0.7 mi
- Drumlin Trails0.5 mi
- Whiskey Island0.4 mi
- Deer Run0.4 mi
- Root Hill0.4 mi
- Scotch Pines Trail0.4 mi
- Flintstone Wheel Wash (Turtle Trail)0.3 mi
- Pumphouse Trail0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
484 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 5 of 10 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 paths3.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Volney
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 313 acLocal Recreation Area 288 acState Recreation Area 82 acState Resource Management Area 47 acLocal Other or Unknown 11 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bear Recreational AreaLocal Recreation Area | Joint | 288 | Open |
| City Of Fulton LandLocal Park | Town or city | 183 | Access unknown |
| Town Of Volney LandLocal Park | Town or city | 109 | Access unknown |
| Oswego CanalState Recreation Area | Other state land | 82 | Open |
| Curtiss Gale WmaState Resource Management Area | State conservation | 47 | Open |
| County of Oswego LandLocal Park | County | 22 | Access unknown |
| Metropolitan Water Board LandLocal Other or Unknown | Regional Water Districts | 11 | Access unknown |
| Oswego County LandsLocal Conservation Area | County | 10 | Restricted |
| Volney Town LandsLocal Resource Management Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Fairview CemeteryCemetery
North Volney CemeteryCemetery
Sixteenth CemeteryCemetery
Van Buren CemeteryCemetery
Volney CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Volney and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volney | 1.5% | 13.6 mi | 2 |
| Granby | 1.9% | 3.4 mi | 1 |
| Schroeppel | 4.4% | 5.1 mi | 4 |
| Palermo | 1.4% | 1.1 mi | 0 |
| Scriba | 3.4% | 9.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Volney'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 33.2-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.