1
Amesbury Town Forest
Nature preserve
86 acres4 mi of trail
Power LinesLycopodiumGreat Swamp TrailScampering Squirrel (Green Loop)Red Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Town Forest Entrance
Outdoors · Amesbury
Amesbury, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Amesbury is conserved land, roughly 924 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Amesbury Town Forest (4 mi), Woodsom Farm North (3 mi), and Woodsom Farm South (2.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Amesbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Amesbury outdoors
Conserved land
11%
924 of 8,736 acres
Trails
34 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
34
53 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.7 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
Woodsom Farm North
Park
201 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Woodsom Farm South
Nature preserve
138 acres2.7 mi of trail
Root Canal
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Woodsom Parking
4
Powow River Conservation Area
Nature preserve
75 acres2.1 mi of trail
The New TrailStagecoach TrailBatchelder Park TrailPowow TrailSteep Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Merrimack Landing Conservation Area
Nature preserve
107 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Battis Farm
Nature preserve
58 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Open Space
Nature preserve
38 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Whittier Hill Reservation
Nature preserve
21 acres0.6 mi of trail
Eagle Scout Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 34 parks & preserves
- Camp Kent Environmental Center17 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Margaret Rice Conservation Area15 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Bartlett (Greenbelt)32 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Amesbury Town Park24 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Powder House Conservation Area8 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Great Swamp East (Greenbelt)34 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Deer Island5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Gardner Beach Area5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Christopher Way Open Space4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- AES Open Space17 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Quinn Farm Conservation Area9 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Well Heads Water Protection Area52 ac
- Meadowbrook Land47 ac · Directions
- Water Protection Area21 ac
- Van Bokkelen Conservation Restriction (Greenbelt)17 ac
- Water Department Pumping Station9 ac
- Training Field Park2 ac
- Collins Avenue Park2 ac
- Pattens Pond Area2 ac
- Golgotha Boulder Site2 ac · Directions
- Millyard Park2 ac · Directions
- Batchelder Park1 ac
- Tuxbury Pond Park1 ac · Directions
- Huntington Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
- Alliance Park1 ac · Directions
- Veterans Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
924 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 201 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 47 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 paths2.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Baseball8
- Soccer6
- Basketball3
- Volleyball2
- Beach volleyball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Amesbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amesbury | 10.6% | 33.5 mi | 34 |
| Newburyport | 16.8% | 39.1 mi | 28 |
| West Newbury | 25.6% | 25.3 mi | 27 |
| South Hampton | 10% | 6.2 mi | 7 |
| Merrimac | 13.6% | 14.2 mi | 15 |
| Salisbury | 16.7% | 15.9 mi | 22 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Amesbury'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.