Thorn Preserve
Managed by The Catskill Center
52 acres2.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dogs on leash
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Outdoors in Zena
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Zena
About 5.9% of Zena is conserved land, roughly 116 acres. There are about 2.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Thorn Preserve (2.3 mi).
Conserved land
5.9%
116 of 1,964 acres
Trails
2.4 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Lakes & rivers
1
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
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The longest trail network is Thorn Preserve, with 2.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
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Who protects it
116 conserved acres
Who manages Zena’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city110 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits5 ac
Local Conservation Area · 62 acLocal Park · 48 acPrivate Conservation · 5 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorn Preserve- Catskill Center Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 62 | Open |
| Kingston City W W Land Local Park | Town or city | 48 | Unknown |
| Woodstock Land Conservancy Land Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 5 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
6Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Next door
Zena and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Zena | 5.9% | 1 |
| Woodstock | 32.9% | 24 |
| West Hurley | 7.8% | 1 |
| Hurley | 15.7% | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Zena 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.