Outdoors · Watervliet

Watervliet, NY parks, trails & bike paths

About 3% of Watervliet is conserved land, roughly 28 acres. Watervliet has 8 named parks and preserves on the map.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Watervliet, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Watervliet outdoors

Conserved land
3%
28 of 936 acres
Trails
0.9 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.1 mi
1.6 mi lanes · 0.4 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

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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.
1

Mayor James Cavanaugh Hudson Shores Park

Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Mohawk Hudson River Bike Trail Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail
3

Watervliet Veterans Memorial Park

Park
2 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Brotherhood Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

28 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
26 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
9 ac
Regional agency
6 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 9 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes1.6 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball6
  • Basketball5
  • Tennis3
  • Football2
  • Soccer1
  • Softball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Watervliet and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Watervliet3%0.9 mi8
Colonie7%77.4 mi36
Green Island3.8%0.5 mi3
Green Island3.8%0.5 mi3
Troy7.2%22.9 mi25
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Watervliet'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.

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