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Pine Meadow Conservation Land
Nature preserve
130 acres3.1 mi of trail
Science TrailTo The Pond
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ayer
Ayer, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Ayer is conserved land, roughly 909 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pine Meadow Conservation Land (3.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ayer, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ayer outdoors
Conserved land
15%
909 of 6,045 acres
Trails
18 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
105 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.0 mi
2.1 mi lanes · 1.5 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
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
263 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Ayer Game Farm
Nature preserve
107 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Ne Milling
Nature preserve
34 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
909 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 176 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 15 of 41 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball11
- Basketball6
- Soccer4
- Football3
- Tennis3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Ayer and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ayer'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.