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Outdoors in Alexandria

Alexandria has 373 acres of parks, 100 for every 1,000 residents

41% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6% of Alexandria’s land is conserved, about 2,609 acres. 7.4 miles of mapped trail cross Alexandria, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns · #508 of 758 in New York. What drives it

Conserved land
6%
2,609 acres · of 72.6 sq mi of land
Trails
7.4 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
373 ac
100 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
41%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
427 ft
Bean Hill
Lakes & rivers
4
3 beaches · 5 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Alexandria?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam100 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.History along the way7 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Alexandria have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Alexandria is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #508 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Alexandria’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land100 acres of park per 1,000 residents (373 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home41% of residents within a half mile of a park · NY 70% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 55%
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New York towns of 2,500+ (758)Ahead of 33%

Water is 14% of Alexandria’s area (12 of 84 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 5%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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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 Kring Point State Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Kring Point State Park

Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
48 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Keewaydin State Park

Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
275 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Collins Landing Wildlife Management Area

Nature preserve
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Mary Island State Park

Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
All 6 parks & preserves
Kring Point State Park48 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Directions
Cranberry Creek Wildlife Management Area12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Keewaydin State Park275 acres · New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Collins Landing Wildlife Management Area23 acres
Mary Island State Park14 acres · New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Scenic View Park3 acres
Directions
Who protects it

2,609 conserved acres

6% of Alexandria’s land. Water is left out: Alexandria has 72.6 square miles of land and 11.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Alexandria’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits2,273 ac
State parks345 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)127 ac
State conservation46 ac
Other or Unknown Federal Land16 ac
Town or city6 ac
Regional Water Districts1 ac
Private Conservation · 1,892 acConservation Easement · 508 acState Park · 345 acState Resource Management Area · 38 acMilitary Land · 12 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 321 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 21 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Thousand Islands Land Trust Land
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits1,805Closed
Keewaydin State Park
State Park
State parks276Open
Kring Point State Park
State Park
State parks54Open
Redwood
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits52Closed
Collins Landing Wma
State Resource Management Area
State conservation25Open
Ironsides Island Preserve
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits18Closed
Ironsides Island
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits18Closed
Mary Island State Park
State Park
State parks14Open
Cranberry Creek Wma
State Resource Management Area
State conservation13Open
US Coast Guard Station
Military Land
Other or Unknown Federal Land12Closed

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

14 places to go in Alexandria

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Boat launches in Alexandria
Boat LaunchIn Kring Point State Park
Directions
Butterfield Lake Water Access
Directions
U.S. Coast Guard - Station Alexandria Bay
Directions

Plus 2 boat launches without a name on the map.

Trails & water

6 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.5 miUnpaved · 1.1 mi
Clear Lake Camp0.7 mi
Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail0.6 mi
Seven Oaks Trail Loop0.4 mi
Beatrice Rosamond Trail Loop0.4 mi
Ogdensburg Branch0.2 mi
Cranberry Creek Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Clear LakelakeLake of the IsleslakeMud LakelakeCrooked Creek
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.

Sissy Danforth Rivergate TrailBike route
0.6 mi
Courts & fields
4Baseball
4Tennis
2Basketball
1Volleyball
1Equestrian

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

7 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Cornwall Brothers' StoreBuilding · listed 1975
About it
Boldt, George C., Yacht HouseBuilding · listed 1978
About it
InglesideBuilding · listed 1980
About it
Longue Vue IslandBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Densmore Methodist Church of the Thousand IslandsBuilding · listed 1988
About it
Church of Saint LawrenceBuilding · listed 1997
About it
Holland LibraryBuilding · listed 2002
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Alexandria: May to September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)283140546775807971584634
Rain (in)3.22.42.53.33.23.63.23.53.74.23.43.2

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.2 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Alexandria →

Next door

Alexandria and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Theresa18 miOrleans12 miAlexandria7.4 miHammond2.6 miRedwood1.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Alexandria6%0.110041%B
Theresa7%0.320837%B+
Redwood— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Orleans18%0.21,06621%B+
Hammond14%under 0.11,90712%B

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Alexandria

Where can I hike in Alexandria?

The longest trail networks: Kring Point State Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Alexandria is conserved land?

6% of its land, against a typical 5% for a New York town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Alexandria’s trails?

Kring Point State Park and Keewaydin State Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Alexandria?

19,848 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Alexandria or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 411 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Alexandria have?

Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #508 of 758 in New York. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Alexandria neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →