These are the parks thicket knows about in Essex — the big ones you already know, and the pocket parks, greenways and trailheads two streets over that you probably do not.
- Adirondack Mountain Reserve
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area
- Baldwin Park
- Ballard Park
- Bandstand Park
- Bartlett Primitive Area
- Bi-Centenial Park
- Boquet River Fishing Access
- Boquet River Primitive Area
- Boreas Ponds Primitive Area
- Brewster Park
- Camp Santanoni Historic Area
- Carrilon Park
- Cole Island
- Cook mountain
- Coon Mountain Preserve
- Courtney Park
- Crown Point Campground
- Crown Point State Historic Site
- Denny Park
- Drake mountain
- Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve
- East Branch Community Trails
- Eddy
- Essex Chain Lakes Primitive Area
- Essex Quarry Nature Preserve
- Four Peaks Tract
- Giant Mountain Wilderness
- Gooseneck Pond Primitive Area
- Hammond Pond Wild Forest
- Heaven Hill Trails
- Henry's Woods
- Herb Garden
- High Peaks Wilderness
- Hoffman Notch Primitive Area
- Hoffman Notch Wilderness
- Hudson Gorge Wilderness
- Hurricane Mountain Primitive Area
- Hurricane Mountain Primitive Area
- Hurricane Mountain Wilderness
- Jay Mountain Wilderness
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site
- Johns Brook Primitive Area
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park
- Lake George Forest Preserve
- Lake George Land Conservancy
- Lake Harris Campground
- Lake Placid and Mirror Lake Boat Launch
- Lee Park
- Lincoln Pond Campground
- Macintyre Primitive Area
- McKenzie Mountain Wilderness
- Meadowbrook Campground
- Meadowbrook Campground and Day Use Site
- Mid's Park
- Moriah Miners Park
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve
- Mossy Point State Boat Launch
- New Vida Preserve
- Paradox Lake Campground
- Pauline Murdock Wildlife Management Area
- Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
- Poke-O-Moonshine Campground
- Port Douglass Boat Launch
- Port Henry Boat Launch
- Prescott Park
- Putnam Creek Access
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access
- Putnam Pond Campground and Day Use Area
- Putts Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Saranac Lakes Wild Forest - Ray Brook DEC facility
- Schuyler Island Primitive Area
- Sentinel Range Wilderness
- Sharp Bridge Campground
- Sheepshead Island
- Signal Buoy Island
- Split Rock Mountain Wild Forest
- State Admin Area
- State Admin Area
- State Admin Area
- SUNY Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
- Tahawas Primitive Area
- Taylor Pond Wild Forest
- Town of North Hudson
- Town of Wilmington Beach
- Triangle Park
- Twin Valleys Outdoor Education Center
- Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest
- Westport Boat Launch
- Whiteface Mountain Ski Center
- Wickham Marsh Wildlife Management Area
- Willsboro Bay Boat Launch
- Wilmington Bike Park
- Wilmington Notch Campground
- Wilmington Wild Forest
- Wilsboro Dam Fish Dam