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Hopkinton State Park
Nature preserve
454 acres9.2 mi of trail
Long TrailOvalCaesarPepperbushAiken's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ashland
Ashland, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Ashland is conserved land, roughly 1,371 acres. There are about 42 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hopkinton State Park (9.2 mi), Ashland State Park (6.9 mi), and Sudbury River Access (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ashland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ashland outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,371 of 8,192 acres
Trails
42 mi
3.2 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
73 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.3 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 1.4 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
Ashland State Park
Nature preserve
256 acres6.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Sudbury River Access
Nature preserve
54 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Ashland Pumping Station
Nature preserve
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Hopkinton State Park454 acres · 9.2 mi of trail
Ashland State Park256 acres · 6.9 mi of trail
Sudbury River Access54 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Ashland Pumping Station7 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Stone Park10 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sudbury River Park 23 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Cedar Street Lot21 acres
Pout Rock18 acres
Rocco Parcel18 acres
Gryncel Park8 acres
Who protects the land
1,371 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 132 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 58 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball11
- Soccer9
- Tennis9
- Pickleball6
- Basketball4
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Ashland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | 16.7% | 41.5 mi | 13 |
| Southborough | 31.4% | 32.3 mi | 33 |
| Hopkinton | 21.7% | 103.7 mi | 65 |
| Framingham | 20.4% | 70.2 mi | 66 |
| Sherborn | 23% | 55.3 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ashland'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.