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Bear Swamp
Nature preserve
330 acres4.3 mi of trail
North-South TrailLookout TrailFern Glade TrailBeaver Brook Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Ashfield
Ashfield, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Ashfield is conserved land, roughly 5,185 acres. There are about 45 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bear Swamp (4.3 mi), Chapel Brook (2.1 mi), and Bullitt Reservation (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ashfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ashfield outdoors
Conserved land
20%
5,185 of 25,603 acres
Trails
45 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
2,739 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
Chapel Brook
Nature preserve
183 acres2.1 mi of trail
D.A.R. TrailSummit TrailTwo Bridges TrailClimbers Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Bullitt Reservation
Nature preserve
146 acres0.8 mi of trail
Pebble TrailTwo Bridges Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Poland Brook Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Department of Fish And Game
112 acres0.6 mi of trail
Two Bridges Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
- Ashfield Wildlife Conservation Easement79 ac
- Belding Memorial Park13 ac · Directions
- Field Field4 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
5,185 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,567 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 17 of 211 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
- Baseball2
- Tennis2
- Soccer1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ashfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield | 20.3% | 44.8 mi | 7 |
| Goshen | 26.8% | 22.0 mi | 3 |
| Plainfield | 37.6% | 10.7 mi | 5 |
| Conway | 32.3% | 59.8 mi | 8 |
| Cummington | 29.1% | 7.4 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ashfield'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 23.4-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.