Westmere Trail
Managed by Town of Guilderland
14 acres0.3 mi of trail
Westmere Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in Westmere
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Westmere
About 4.9% of Westmere is conserved land, roughly 98 acres. There are about 2.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land
4.9%
98 of 2,024 acres
Trails
2.5 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
12 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 0.1 mi paths
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Westmere Trail, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Albany Pine Bush Preserve
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
13 acres0.1 mi of trail
Blueberry Hill West Red Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Things to do
2 places to go in Westmere
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Public pools in Westmere
Playgrounds in Westmere
Trails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 0.6 mi
Westmere Trail0.3 mi
Blueberry Hill West Red Trail0.2 mi
Who protects it
98 conserved acres
Who manages Westmere’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners79 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government10 ac
Town or city7 ac
State conservation2 ac
Private Other or Unknown · 79 acLocal Conservation Area · 10 acLocal Park · 7 acState Conservation Area · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 12 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private Lands Private Other or Unknown | Private owners | 79 | Closed |
| Guilderland Town of Land Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Unknown |
| Guilderland Town Lands Local Conservation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 5 | Restricted |
| Highwood Village Lands Local Conservation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 5 | Restricted |
| Albany Pine Bush Preserve State Conservation Area | State conservation | 2 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.3 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
8Tennis
3Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →11 old cemeteries
Next door
Westmere and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Westmere | 4.9% | 2 |
| Albany | 15.2% | 67 |
| Guilderland | 9.9% | 22 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Westmere neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.