Editing Berne, New York (section)

== Natural history ==
* Partridge Run [[New York State Wildlife Management Areas|Wildlife Management Area]], on West Mountain, consists of {{convert|4594|acre|km2}} of former abandoned upland farms. It has been improved with hiking trails, and parking lots and is available for birdwatching, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hunting, fishing, and trapping. Partridge Run and Cole Hill State Forest are units in the [[Helderberg Escarpment|Helderbergs]] Management Area of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
* Cole Hill State Forest, accessed from County Routes 2 and 3, has been improved with hiking trails, and parking lots and is available for birdwatching, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hunting, fishing, and trapping.
* [[John Boyd Thacher State Park|Thacher State Park]] is on the eastern town line, partly in Berne but mainly in [[New Scotland, New York|New Scotland]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. It has campgrounds.
* [[Long Path|The Long Path]], runs from the [[George Washington Bridge]] in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]] to [[Altamont, Albany County, New York|Altamont, Albany County]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. It crosses the Town of Berne, going from [[Cotton Hill (New York)|Cotton Hill]] and Dutch Settlement State Forests in [[Schoharie County, New York|Schoharie County]], [[New York (state)|New York]] to the west, across the Partridge Run Wildlife Management Area, through Cole Hill State Forest, where it has 270-degree views of both the Catskills and Adirondacks from Roemer's High Point along the Helderberg Escarpment, and continues north to [[John Boyd Thacher State Park|Thacher State Park]], the Indian Ladder and finally its current end at NY 146.
* [[Thompson's Lake State Park]] was a state park at the northern end of Thompson's Lake. It is now a part of Thacher Park.
* [[Henry Hill (New York)|Henry Hill]], the highest point in Albany County, is in Berne, south of Partridge Run State Forest.
* Kenrose Sanctuary is 280 acres with one and one-half miles of trail through woodland, as farmland reverts to forest. The Nature Conservancy owns and manages the Kenrose Sanctuary, which was donated by the McAlpine family.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}