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Bear Spring Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
2,605 acres11.8 mi of trail
Launt Pond SpurJohn Whalen TrailLaunt Pond TrailCorral Spur
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Walton
Walton, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Walton is conserved land, roughly 6,763 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bear Spring Mountain WMA (11.8 mi), Beerston Unit (1.6 mi), and More Park Unit (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Walton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Walton outdoors
Conserved land
11%
6,763 of 62,106 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
1,295 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
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
Beerston Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
732 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
More Park Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
128 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Austin Lincoln Park
Park
30 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Bear Spring Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
1,285 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
6
Chipmunk Hollow Unit
Managed by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
101 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 24 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 24 parks & preserves
Bear Spring Mountain Wildlife Management Area2,605 acres · 11.8 mi of trail
Beerston Unit732 acres · 1.6 mi of trail · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
More Park Unit128 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Austin Lincoln Park30 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Bear Spring Unit1,285 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Chipmunk Hollow Unit101 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Marvin Hollow Unit169 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Fish Brook Unit456 acres · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
MacGibbon Hollow Unit284 acres · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Fish Hollow Unit274 acres · New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply
Who protects the land
6,763 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,148 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 17 of 39 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis7
- Baseball3
- Soccer3
- Basketball3
- Football2
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Walton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walton | 10.9% | 29.8 mi | 24 |
| Tompkins | 24.6% | 32.5 mi | 24 |
| Hamden | 8.6% | 4.0 mi | 13 |
| Colchester | 35.5% | 76.8 mi | 19 |
| Franklin | 1.5% | 5.1 mi | 4 |
| Sidney | 2.1% | 6.2 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Walton'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 41.5-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.