1
Siamese Ponds Wilderness
Nature preserve
37,622 acres23.2 mi of trail
Long Pond TrailForks mountain trailExtract Brook pathWakely Brook TrailKings Flow East Trail (blue)
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Wells
Wells, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 91% of Wells is conserved land, roughly 102,802 acres. There are about 87 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Siamese Ponds Wilderness (23.2 mi), Wilcox Lake Wild Forest (22.4 mi), and Silver Lake Wilderness (12 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wells, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wells outdoors
Conserved land
91%
102,802 of 113,389 acres
Trails
87 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 84 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
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
Wilcox Lake Wild Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
23,460 acres22.4 mi of trail
Pine Orchard trailWilcox Lake - Willis Lake TrailCoulombe Creek trailEast Stony Creek TrailMurphy lake path
Dog rules not recorded
3
Silver Lake Wilderness
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
21,975 acres12 mi of trail
Northville-Placid TrailWest River Road parking access
Dog rules not recorded
4
Jessup River Wild Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
7,348 acres6.3 mi of trail
Dunning Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Forks Mountain Primitive Area
Nature preserve
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Forks mountain trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
102,802 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 12,104 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 19 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
- Baseball3
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Wells and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells | 90.7% | 87.4 mi | 6 |
| Lake Pleasant | 85.2% | 114.8 mi | 9 |
| Speculator | 80% | 46.8 mi | 5 |
| Hope | 63.7% | 21.9 mi | 2 |
| Indian Lake | 85.2% | 161.8 mi | 13 |
| Benson | 90.8% | 33.6 mi | 3 |
| Arietta | 95.9% | 153.9 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wells'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 62.4-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.