Formerly closed to the public, the former Lundy Estate now has many miles of newly blazed hiking trails and abundant opportunities for fishing, hunting, skiing, snowshoeing and camping.
The Open Space Institute and the Trust for Public Land acquired the Lundy Estate in 2000 in order to protect the natural resources of the property and promote compatible outdoor recreational pursuits. Conservationists heralded the protection of the Lundy property as one of the most significant additions to the publicly held lands of the Catskills since the creation of the Catskill Forest Preserve in the 1880s. In 2002, it was conveyed to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, which now manages it for public recreation and wildlife management as the Vernooy State Forest.