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Alford Springs
Nature preserve
894 acres8 mi of trail
Father Loop TrailMother Loop TrailSaddle Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Alford
Alford, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Alford is conserved land, roughly 2,070 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Alford Springs (8 mi), Tom Ball Mountain Reserve (1.6 mi), and Elizabeth Woods Wildlife Conservation Easement (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Alford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Alford outdoors
Conserved land
28%
2,070 of 7,341 acres
Trails
14 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Tom Ball Mountain Reserve
Managed by Berkshire Natural Resources Council
105 acres1.6 mi of trail
Longview Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Elizabeth Woods Wildlife Conservation Easement
Nature preserve
86 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Schiffman Woods Reserve
Managed by ALFORD LAND TRUST
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
- Alford Wildlife Sanctuary3 ac
Who protects the land
2,070 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,939 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 44 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Next door
Alford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alford | 28.2% | 13.9 mi | 5 |
| West Stockbridge | 20.4% | 2.9 mi | 7 |
| Great Barrington | 43.5% | 62.1 mi | 33 |
| Egremont | 33.1% | 16.5 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Alford's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.