EXPLORE: OVERVIEW

Visit Our Local Preserves

Residents and visitors can get outside to experience the extraordinary beauty of our preserves, enjoying time in solitude or with company. For all of our properties listed here (with the exception of Israel Wittman Sanctuary) dogs are allowed on leash with the condition that owners clean up after their dogs and take the bag away with them. Walks can range from a few minutes to a half-hour or an hour in any one of these locales, which range from a flat surface to a little more of a scramble. There are no entrance fees. Our Preserves are located in neighborhoods with very limited parking, only a few dedicated spaces are available. Please plan for an alternate location if parking is unavailable.

Questions about our Preserves? Email trails@woodstocklandconservancy.org

map

WLC OWNED

1

Location: Zena Road, across from Little Deep
Trail type: Mowed Walking Path
Difficulty level: Easy
Dog friendly: Dogs allowed on leash
Parking: Limited. Gitnick Road - off road

Walk the former cornfield's half-mile of mowed paths, some streamside on the Fontyne Kill. Enjoy eating at the Joy Hopkins-Hausman memorial picnic table, or sit on the Irina Branzburg memorial bluestone bench, all with majestic views of Overlook Mountain.

2

Location: 487 Stoll Road, Saugerties
Trail type: Hiking trail with self-guided geologic tour
Difficulty level: Moderate
Dog friendly: Dogs allowed on leash
Parking: Parking is limited. If lot is full, please return another time.

Enjoy the approximate one-mile looped trail through a wide gorge, and also a distinct quarried area.

3

Location: Top of Nordic Drive. Walk steep ¼ mile hill from Yerry Hill parking spots.
Trail type: Hiking trail
Difficulty level: Moderate
Dog friendly: Dogs allowed on leash
Parking: Parking is limited to two spots along the guardrail on Yerry Hill Road, south of Nordic Drive. Parking is
not permitted on Nordic Drive

Enjoy the approximate one-mile looped trail with winter-time views of surrounding mountains, and an alluring quarry pond, amidst hillsides of quarry tailings.

4

Location: End of Old Sawmill Road, Saugerties
Trail type: Hiking trail on old woods roads
Difficulty level: Easy
Dog friendly: No dogs permitted
Note: Bikes allowed
Parking: Parking is limited to the small lot. No parking allowed along Old Sawmill Road

Our largest preserve offers two beautiful mile-long, walkable, bikeable forest trails. 

WLC SUPPORTED

5

WLC coordinates the trail stewardship
Location: 3 Trailheads in West Hurley (5a), Shokan (5b) and Boiceville (5c)

Trail type: Walking Trail
Difficulty level: Easy
Dog friendly: Dogs allowed on leash
Note: Bikes allowed
Parking: Parking at Trailheads only

11.5 miles of trail along the northern shore of the Ashokan Reservoir between West Hurley and Boiceville. The trail is dog-friendly, wheelchair accessible, and open from dawn to dusk every day. Owned by Ulster County amidst NYS Department of Environmental Conservation lands. www.ashokanrailtrail.com

Please follow the posted trail rules; in particular visitors are not allowed to walk off the trail without a valid DEP permit

6

Location: 45 Comeau Drive, Woodstock
Trail type: Walking Trail
Difficulty level: Easy
Dog friendly: Dogs allowed on leash
Note: Bikes not allowed
Parking: Parking in the upper Comeau lot
Comeau Trail Map

7

Location: 55 John Joy Rd, Woodstock
Trail type: Mowed Walking Paths
Difficulty level: Easy
Dog friendly: Dogs allowed on leash
Note: Bikes not allowed
Parking: Park only in the parking lot
The Catskill Center's Thorn Preserve