Outdoors · Webster

Webster, NY parks, trails & bike paths

About 12% of Webster is conserved land, roughly 2,579 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Webster Park (14.1 mi), Whiting Road Nature Preserve (7.2 mi), and Gosnell Big Woods Preserve (3.3 mi).

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

At a glance

Webster outdoors

Conserved land
12%
2,579 of 22,399 acres
Trails
44 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 38 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
57 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
15.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 14.7 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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Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

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

Webster Park

Managed by Monroe County Department of Parks
529 acres14.1 mi of trail
Valley View Trail (Green)West Loop Trail (Red)Ridge Trail (Blue)Seneca TrailOnondaga Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Whiting Road Nature Preserve

Nature preserve
231 acres7.2 mi of trail
Orange TrailRed TrailGreen TrailBlue TrailBlack Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Gosnell Big Woods Preserve

Managed by Town of Webster
157 acres3.3 mi of trail
Big Field TrailBig Woods TrailMeadow TrailMeadow Trail - PellettRidge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Gosnell Big Woods Preserve Website
4

Four Mile Creek Preserve

Nature preserve
101 acres3.2 mi of trail
Red LoopBlue Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5

Webster Arboretum

Managed by Webster Arboretum
34 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6

Finn Park

Managed by Town of Webster
50 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7

Eva and Harlan Braman Preserve

Nature preserve
73 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8

Herman Road Forever Wild Forest

Nature preserve
30 acres1.5 mi of trail
Orange TrailRed TrailGreen TrailBlue TrailMichael A. Johnson Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
All 23 parks & preserves
  • Webster Town Recreation Center57 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
  • Charles E. Sexton Memorial Park61 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
  • Kent Park46 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
  • Milton Case Memorial Park18 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
  • Ridge Park28 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
  • Sandbar Park7 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
  • Vosburg Hollow6 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
  • Parkwood Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
  • Empire Park63 ac · Directions
  • Ridgecrest Park25 ac · Directions
  • Devil's Cove Park13 ac
  • Schantz Park3 ac · Directions
  • Harmony Park3 ac
  • Ahepa Park3 ac
  • Wilmorite Park2 ac
Who protects the land

2,579 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
2,160 ac
County
560 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
389 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
146 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
97 ac
Regional Water Districts
69 ac
Other state land
1 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 393 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 31 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 paths14.7 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.9 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball37
  • Tennis33
  • Soccer9
  • Basketball5
  • Pickleball5
  • Football4
  • Multi-sport3

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

Next door

Webster and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Webster11.5%43.6 mi23
Penfield6.6%42.8 mi17
Irondequoit5.7%20.1 mi14
Ontario3.9%7.1 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Webster'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 21.6-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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