Outdoors · Western

Western, NY parks, trails & bike paths

About 17% of Western is conserved land, roughly 5,844 acres. There are about 2.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Buck Hill State Forest (0.7 mi).

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

At a glance

Western outdoors

Conserved land
17%
5,844 of 34,770 acres
Trails
2.1 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
3,178 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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

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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

Buck Hill State Forest

Nature preserve
1,417 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Clark Hill State Forest

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
1,487 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
3

Webster Hill State Forest

Nature preserve
524 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
4

South Hill State Forest

Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
489 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

5,844 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State conservation
3,982 ac
County
1,290 ac
State parks
534 ac
Other state land
24 ac
Regional Water Districts
10 ac
Town or city
5 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 11 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
Nearby

Western and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Western16.8%2.1 mi5
Lee6.9%2.3 mi3
Ava10.7%4.5 mi5
Steuben21.5%1.4 mi4
Rome17%18.4 mi28
Floyd2.5%0.3 mi3
Boonville19.9%42.0 mi14
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Western'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 25.8-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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