Facilities

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission (APBPC) is a public benefit corporation that manages the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, a nationally recognized rare inland pitch pine scrub oak barrens. The Preserve has 18 miles of ten marked multiple-use trails. The trails are considered easy to moderate, usually flat with gentle slopes, over sandy trails and woodland passages. These trails are open to snowshoeing with crampons recommended for icy conditions.

The Great Dune Trail consists of the Red Trail (1.8 miles), Blue Trail (1.4 miles), and Yellow Trail (1.3 miles) with diverse forests, rolling sand dunes, including the one-mile long and 75-foot tall Great Dune, wild lupine wildflowers and Karner Blue Butterfly in May and June, and other natural resources. The Great Dune Trail is accessible at a trailhead at the end of Willow Street at Tera Court.

The Hunger Kill Barrens Trail consists of the Purple Trail (2.9 miles), a "through" trail, with trailheads in the Town's DiCaprio Park and at the Madison Avenue Pinelands trailhead. The Blue Trail (0.6 miles), a loop trail, and White Trail (0.5 miles), a back-and-forth trails, are accessible at a trailhead at Volunteer Firemen's Park at the end of DiBella Drive.