1
Phillips Creek State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
1,682 acres3.4 mi of trail
3-Red Trail1-Yellow Trail2-Red Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Ward
Ward, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 25% of Ward is conserved land, roughly 4,649 acres. There are about 8.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Phillips Creek State Forest (3.4 mi), Plumbottom State Forest (0.9 mi), and Vandermark State Forest (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ward, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ward outdoors
Conserved land
25%
4,649 of 18,573 acres
Trails
8.2 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
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
Plumbottom State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
586 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Vandermark State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
2,354 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Palmer's Pond State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
4,649 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Ward and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | 25% | 8.2 mi | 4 |
| West Almond | 36.4% | 25.3 mi | 5 |
| Amity | 5.5% | 4.5 mi | 6 |
| Andover | 0.3% | 8.9 mi | 1 |
| Scio | 0% | 2.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ward'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 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.