Calverton Pine Barrens State Forest
Nature preserve
187 acres10.7 mi of trail
Calverton Mountain Bike TrailRollercoasterScuttle Hole
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Outdoors in Wading River
Beaches, parks & trails in Wading River
About 22% of Wading River is conserved land, roughly 1,734 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Calverton Pine Barrens State Forest (10.7 mi) and Wildwood State Park (9.1 mi).
Conserved land
22%
1,734 of 7,964 acres
Trails
21 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
207 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
4.6 mi
2.9 mi lanes · 1.6 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
3 beaches · 1 boat launch
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
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The longest trail network is Calverton Pine Barrens State Forest, with 10.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Wildwood State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
766 acres9.1 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Trails & water
3 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 9.0 miUnpaved · 2.2 mi
Calverton Mountain Bike Trail7.9 mi
Rollercoaster0.5 mi
Scuttle Hole0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
1,734 conserved acres
Who manages Wading River’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks1,388 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits202 ac
State conservation190 ac
Town or city53 ac
County9 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government3 ac
State Park · 1,388 acPrivate Conservation · 197 acState Conservation Area · 190 acLocal Park · 69 acLocal Resource Management Area · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 37 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood State Park State Park | State parks | 1,388 | Open |
| Calverton Pine Barrens State Forest State Conservation Area | State conservation | 190 | Open |
| Wading River Marsh (Kempf Preserve) Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 92 | Open |
| Kempf Preserve at Wading River Marsh Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 92 | Closed |
| Town Of Riverhead Land Local Park | Town or city | 46 | Unknown |
| County Of Suffolk Land Local Park | County | 9 | Unknown |
| Bayberry Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Reppa Pond Preserve at Wading River Marsh Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 6 | Closed |
| Reppa Pond Preserve Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 6 | Restricted |
| Unknown Park Local Park | County | 6 | Open |
1 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Biking & sports
4.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.9 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.6 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
3Baseball
2Basketball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 old cemeteries
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Wading River and its neighbors
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Brookhaven592 miRiverhead84 miRidge53 miCalverton52 miEast Shoreham40 miWading River21 miBaiting Hollow15 mi
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Wading River | 21.8% | 4 |
| Riverhead | 5.7% | 32 |
| Brookhaven | 12.2% | 179 |
| East Shoreham | 4.9% | 6 |
| Calverton | 32.3% | 13 |
| Baiting Hollow | 3.6% | 3 |
| Ridge | 42% | 11 |
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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.
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.