1
Menotomy Rocks Park
Managed by Town of Arlington Parks Department
34 acres2 mi of trail
Ring PathPond Loop
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Arlington
Arlington, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.2% of Arlington is conserved land, roughly 320 acres. There are about 9.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Menotomy Rocks Park (2 mi), McClennen Park (0.8 mi), and Mt. Gilboa (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Arlington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Arlington outdoors
Conserved land
9.2%
320 of 3,488 acres
Trails
9.4 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
31
7 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.1 mi
5.6 mi lanes · 6.5 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
McClennen Park
Managed by Arlington Recreation
23 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Mt. Gilboa
Nature preserve
10 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Crusher Lot
Managed by Town of Arlington Recreation Department
6 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Turkey Hill Reservation
Managed by City of Arlington Park and Recreation Commission
14 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Hill's Hill
Nature preserve
5 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 31 parks & preserves
- Arlington Reservoir Area25 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Robbins Farm Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Minuteman Bikeway8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Buzzell Field4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Florence Field4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wellington Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Crosby School Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Waldo Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Mystic River Reservation12 ac · Directions
- Thorndike Field9 ac · Directions
- Mystic Valley Parkway8 ac · Directions
- Spy Pond Field7 ac · Directions
- Spy Pond Park6 ac · Directions
- North Union Playground5 ac · Directions
- Meadowbrook Park4 ac · Directions
- Magnolia Park4 ac · Directions
- Poet's Corner Park4 ac
- Arlington Catholic High School Field3 ac · Directions
- Arlington Town Hall Park3 ac · Directions
- Park Circle2 ac
- Parallel Park1 ac
- Forest St Conservation1 ac
- Cooke's Hollow1 ac · Directions
- Symmes Hospital Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
- Nora A. Brown Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
320 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 58 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes5.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball21
- Baseball16
- Soccer14
- Tennis13
- Pickleball3
- Multi-sport2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Arlington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 9.2% | 9.4 mi | 31 |
| Belmont | 16.5% | 16.3 mi | 14 |
| Medford | 27.8% | 44.9 mi | 26 |
| Cambridge | 13.6% | 11.6 mi | 55 |
| Somerville | 5.3% | 2.1 mi | 22 |
| Lexington | 22.3% | 66.1 mi | 73 |
| Winchester | 19% | 20.9 mi | 30 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Arlington'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.