1
Ashburnham State Forest
Nature preserve
3,374 acres5.2 mi of trail
Midstate TrailState Line TrailMid State TrailWapack Trail/Mid State TrailOld Cart Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Watatic Parking
Outdoors · Ashburnham
Ashburnham, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Ashburnham is conserved land, roughly 8,214 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ashburnham State Forest (5.2 mi), Beals - Wyman Lot Conservation Restriction (2.6 mi), and Mount Watatic Reservation (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ashburnham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ashburnham outdoors
Conserved land
32%
8,214 of 26,046 acres
Trails
33 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
32
1,280 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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
Beals - Wyman Lot Conservation Restriction
Nature preserve
562 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Mount Watatic Reservation
Nature preserve
42 acres1.8 mi of trail
Spruce GladeMid State TrailCascade TrailLiftline Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Jewell Hill
Nature preserve
86 acres1.6 mi of trail
Jewell Hill TrailSouth Loop TrailOlaf's RunCrocker Farm Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Ashby Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
225 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Watatic Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
90 acres1 mi of trail
Mid State Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Somers Conservation Restriction
Nature preserve
84 acres0.9 mi of trail
Midstate TrailMidstate Trail (rerouted section)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Kirby Conservation Area, North Country Land Trust (NCLT)
Managed by NCLT
55 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 32 parks & preserves
- Old County Road Conservation Area442 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Montalvo - Huhn & Huhn Montalvo Conservation Restriction90 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Hartshorn - Brooks Lot Conservation Restriction63 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Thoma Conservation Restriction81 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Sweeney Memorial Playground2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hartshorn I Conservation Restriction482 ac
- Ashburnham Wildlife Management Area226 ac
- Russell Hill Conservation Area210 ac
- Beals Trust Conservation Restriction111 ac
- Hartshorn III Conservation Restriction92 ac
- Hartshorn - Coughlin Lot Conservation Restriction91 ac
- High Ridge Wildlife Management Area84 ac
- Hartshorn - Eaton Hill Lot Conservation Restriction73 ac
- Hartshorn - Cashman Hill Lot Conservation Restriction65 ac
- Lake Wampanoag Wildlife Sanctuary55 ac
- Bear Meadow Brook Conservation Area54 ac
- Fitchburg Reservoir Project Conservation Restriction53 ac
- Hagar Conservation Restriction48 ac
- Beals - Packard Hill Conservation Restriction35 ac
- Hood Conservation Restriction24 ac
- Van Hazinga Kenneth Area Agricultural Preservation Restriction21 ac
- Cheshire Pond Conservation Area13 ac
- Town of Ashburnham I Conservation Restriction13 ac
- Bickford Field4 ac
Who protects the land
8,214 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4,150 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 145 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
Courts & fields
- Soccer5
- Baseball4
- Basketball3
- Softball2
- Tennis1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ashburnham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashburnham | 31.5% | 32.8 mi | 32 |
| Westminster | 29.6% | 49.8 mi | 10 |
| Gardner | 31.9% | 25.3 mi | 28 |
| Ashby | 31.6% | 23.9 mi | 12 |
| Fitchburg | 20.4% | 40.3 mi | 33 |
| Winchendon | 19.8% | 73.9 mi | 27 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ashburnham'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 23.6-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.