Outdoors · Webb

Webb, NY parks, trails & bike paths

About 82% of Webb is conserved land, roughly 250,995 acres. There are about 184 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Black River Wild Forest (29.1 mi), Five Ponds Wilderness (19.3 mi), and Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness (18.9 mi).

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

At a glance

Webb outdoors

Conserved land
82%
250,995 of 307,461 acres
Trails
184 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 151 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
164,156 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.1 mi
2.2 mi lanes · 0.5 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.

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Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Black River Wild Forest

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
28,911 acres29.1 mi of trail
South Branch TrailBear Lake TrailWoodhull - Sand Lake Falls TrailRemsen Falls TrailGull Lake Lean-to Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Five Ponds Wilderness

Nature preserve
59,449 acres19.3 mi of trail
Sand Lake TrailRed Horse TrailOswegatchie River Canoe Carry
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
21,276 acres18.9 mi of trail
Big Otter Lake TrailLost Lake TrailMiddle Settlement Lake TrailMoose River Mountain Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead Website
4

Watson's East Triangle Wild Forest

Nature preserve
11,493 acres17.4 mi of trail
Keck TrailJakes Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
5

Pepperbox Wilderness

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
23,574 acres16.7 mi of trail
Jakes Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
6

Fulton Chain Wild Forest

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
15,464 acres14.6 mi of trail
Snowmobile Trail #10Moss Lake TrailMoss to Bubb/Siss to 28TOBIE TrailBald Mountain Fire Tower Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
7

Independence River Wild Forest

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
28,290 acres6.9 mi of trail
Stillwate Mountain Fire Tower Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
8

Pigeon Lake Wilderness

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
17,176 acres6.4 mi of trail
Norridgewock TrailCascade Lake TrailWindfall Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
All 16 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 16 parks & preserves
Black River Wild Forest28,911 acres · 29.1 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Five Ponds Wilderness59,449 acres · 19.3 mi of trail
Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness21,276 acres · 18.9 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Watson's East Triangle Wild Forest11,493 acres · 17.4 mi of trail
Pepperbox Wilderness23,574 acres · 16.7 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Fulton Chain Wild Forest15,464 acres · 14.6 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Independence River Wild Forest28,290 acres · 6.9 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Pigeon Lake Wilderness17,176 acres · 6.4 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Aldrich Pond Wild Forest1,327 acres · 3.3 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Moose River Plains Wild Forest1,298 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Who protects the land

250,995 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State conservation
276,013 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
2,405 ac
Regional Water Districts
162 ac
Town or city
17 ac
Private owners
3 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 36,682 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 50 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes2.2 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes8.4 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis4
  • Multi-sport1
  • Baseball1
  • Soccer1
  • Basketball1
  • Volleyball1

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

Nearby

Webb and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Webb81.6%183.8 mi16
Ohio65.6%79.0 mi4
Long Lake71.4%121.9 mi17
Fine52.5%41.9 mi9
Watson50.9%66.7 mi6
Greig51.7%63.7 mi5
Inlet88.1%27.6 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Webb'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 83.5-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.

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