Skyline Drive State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
336 acres1.7 mi of trail
Skyline Drive PFAR
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Windsor Village Historic District · Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Windsor
Windsor has 1,733 acres of parks, 304 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Skyline Drive State Forest (1.7 mi), Hawkins Pond State Forest (1.4 mi), Klumpp Park (0.7 mi). 23% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5% of Windsor’s land is conserved, about 2,756 acres.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns · #507 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
2,756 acres · of 91.8 sq mi of land
Trails
17 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,733 ac
304 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
23%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
9
What kind of outdoors town is Windsor?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Windsor have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Windsor is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #507 of 758 in New York. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Windsor’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical NY town 5% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (17 mi) · NY 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land304 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,733 acres) · NY 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home23% 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%
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.
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 Skyline Drive State Forest, with 1.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hawkins Pond State Forest
Nature preserve
525 acres1.4 mi of trail
North Trail (yellow)Aspen Grove (blue)Rabbit Path (red)Deer Run (red)
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Cascade Valley State Forest
Nature preserve
531 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
All 5 parks & preserves
Skyline Drive State Forest336 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Hawkins Pond State Forest525 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
DirectionsKlumpp Park16 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
DirectionsCascade Valley State Forest531 acres
Pettus Hill Preserve116 acres · F. L. Waterman Conservation Education Center
Who protects it
2,756 conserved acres
5% of Windsor’s land. Who manages Windsor’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State conservation1,399 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits1,257 ac
County290 ac
Town or city7 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government2 ac
State Conservation Area · 1,399 acUnknown Easement · 1,122 acLocal Park · 297 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 135 acLocal Resource Management Area · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 923 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 12 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Valley State Forest State Conservation Area | State conservation | 536 | Open |
| Hawkins Pond State Forest State Conservation Area | State conservation | 526 | Open |
| Skyline Drive State Forest State Conservation Area | State conservation | 337 | Open |
| County Of Broome Land Local Park | County | 290 | Unknown |
| United Methodist Church Lands Private Other or Unknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 105 | Closed |
| Southern Tier Wildlife Lands Private Other or Unknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 29 | Closed |
| Village Of Windsor Land Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Unknown |
| Windsor Village Lands Local Resource Management Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 2 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Windsor
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Campgrounds in Windsor
1 campground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
13 named trails and 9 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 3.9 miUnpaved · 8.1 mi
Skyline Drive PFAR1.6 mi
Shoreline Way trail1.0 mi
Whitetail Ridge trail0.8 mi
North Trail (yellow)0.8 mi
Hawk Ridge Trail0.6 mi
Bamboo Tangle nature trail0.4 mi
Hemlock Cliffs trail0.4 mi
Turkey Run trail0.3 mi
Aspen Grove (blue)0.2 mi
Rabbit Path (red)0.2 mi
3 more trails
Marshview Loop
0.2 miLong Loop trail
0.1 miDeer Run (red)
0.1 miLakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Baseball
2Basketball
1Multi-sport
1Soccer
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Windsor: May, July and 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 34 | 42 | 56 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 46 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Windsor →
Next door
Windsor and its neighbors
Windsor has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 5% | 0.2 | 304 | 23% | B |
| Colesville | 2% | 0.1 | 257 | 16% | C+ |
| Kirkwood | 1% | 0.1 | 48 | 38% | C+ |
| Sanford | 11% | 0.1 | 2,746 | 49% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Windsor
Where can I hike in Windsor?
The longest trail networks: Skyline Drive State Forest, 1.7 miles; Hawkins Pond State Forest, 1.4 miles; Klumpp Park, 0.7 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Windsor is conserved land?
5% 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 Windsor’s trails?
Skyline Drive State Forest and Hawkins Pond State Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Windsor?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Windsor?
38,610 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Windsor or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,733 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Windsor have?
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #507 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 Windsor 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 →