Interactive New York State Land Maps 📍

Interactive State Land Maps is a series of KML (Leaflet or Google Maps) interactive maps consisting of federal, state, local, and non-governmental public lands and parks within New York State. They are broken down by county due to the large size of files.

This section is formally known as “Google County Maps”, but as be renamed to more accurately reflect the contents and because I have switched to the fully-open source and free-to-use Leaflet. https://leafletjs.com/

Data sources used in these maps: NYSDEC Assets, Trails, Boundaries (2016). NYSDEC Public Fishing Areas (2016). OPRHP Boundaries (2012), Trails (2017), Assets (2014). Albany Pine Bush Commission Trails, Boundaries (2013). USFS National Forest Boundaries (2013). Saratoga Park Trails (2011). Additional Campsites Added by Andy Arthur (2017). These maps are a composite of this data and are updated yearly. Static maps can be found by searching on my homepage.

For your convenience and use with handheld GPS and smartphone navigation apps, I have provided this data in a series of county files that can be obtained by downloading one of these zip files, which contain 62 county-based files. The Google Earth KML files are most complete, the GPX files have been simplified to allow older GPS with limited memory to use them without problems. The GPX files contain the name and type of the waypoint or track.

KML for Google Earth: https://andyarthur.org/data/lands/kmz.zip
GPX Tracks for GPS: https://andyarthur.org/data/lands/tracks.zip
GPX Waypoints for GPS: https://andyarthur.org/data/lands/waypoints.zip

How to use these tracks with US Topo Maps Android App: https://andyarthur.org/loading-kml-or-gpx-files-into-us-topo-maps-pro.html

Updated on March 25, 2017. Contains additional state park tracks, along with more campsites and recreation facilities, especially in Western NY / DEC Region 8 and 9.

DEC Region 9

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Interactive Google Map consisting of federal, state, local, and non-governmental public lands and parks within the following counties in DEC Region 9: Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties. Up to 4 additional counties (for a total of ten) can be added to the map. Data can be downloaded as KML and GPX Tracks and Waypoints for use in Google Earth or handheld GPS units.

Updated on March 25, 2017. Contains new campsites and recreational facilities, along with a full set of tracks for the hiking trails and roads in Allegany State Park.

DEC Region 3 North

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Interactive Google Map consisting of federal, state, local, and non-governmental public lands and parks within the following counties in DEC Region 3 North: Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties. Up to 7 additional counties (for a total of ten) can be added to the map. Data can be downloaded as KML and GPX Tracks and Waypoints for use in Google Earth or handheld GPS units.

Updated on March 27, 2017. Complete trail data for state parks in this area -- consider also adding Dutchess and Orange Counties to this map for a fuller perspective.

DEC Region 4 West

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Interactive Google Map consisting of federal, state, local, and non-governmental public lands and parks within the following counties in DEC Region 4 West: Delaware, Montgomery, Otsego, Schenectady and Schoharie counties. Up to 5 additional counties (for a total of ten) can be added to the map. Data can be downloaded as KML and GPX Tracks and Waypoints for use in Google Earth or handheld GPS units.

Updated on March 27, 2017. Minor additions for park trails in this region.

DEC Region 4 East

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Interactive Google Map consisting of federal, state, local, and non-governmental public lands and parks within the following counties in DEC Region 4 East: Albany, Columbia, Greene and Rensselaer counties. Up to 6 additional counties (for a total of ten) can be added to the map. Data can be downloaded as KML and GPX Tracks and Waypoints for use in Google Earth or handheld GPS units.

Updated March 27, 2017. Latest update fixes trail data in the Eastern Catskill Park, adds trail data for State Parks.
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DEC Region 5 North

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Interactive Google Map consisting of federal, state, local, and non-governmental public lands and parks within the following counties in DEC Region 5 North: Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton counties. Up to 6 additional counties (for a total of ten) can be added to the map. Data can be downloaded as KML and GPX Tracks and Waypoints for use in Google Earth or handheld GPS units.

Updated on March 27, 2017. This region only saw minor updates, with a handful of additional campsites, lean-tos and trails added from the updated DEC data.