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Mount Watatic Reservation
Nature preserve
235 acres2.7 mi of trail
Lower Little DipperCascade TrailLiftline TrailSpruce Glade
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ashby
Ashby, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Ashby is conserved land, roughly 4,831 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mount Watatic Reservation (2.7 mi) and Jewell Hill (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ashby, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ashby outdoors
Conserved land
32%
4,831 of 15,296 acres
Trails
24 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
1,505 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
Jewell Hill
Nature preserve
74 acres0.7 mi of trail
Willard TrailFox PastureTrailCrocker Farm Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Ashby Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
910 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Northern Watershed
Nature preserve
875 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
- Ashby Wildlife Conservation Easement120 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Trapfall Brook Access51 ac
- Willard Brook State Forest31 ac
- Scripture Hill Wildlife Management Area19 ac
- Kater Fields13 ac
- Watatic Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary10 ac
- Squannacook River Wildlife Management Area3 ac
- Morrison Conservation Land2 ac
Who protects the land
4,831 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,944 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 129 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
- Baseball4
- Basketball3
- Equestrian1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ashby and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby | 31.6% | 23.9 mi | 12 |
| Ashburnham | 31.5% | 32.8 mi | 32 |
| Fitchburg | 20.4% | 40.3 mi | 33 |
| Townsend | 23.6% | 77.0 mi | 13 |
| Lunenburg | 22.1% | 63.4 mi | 27 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ashby'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.