1
West Barnstable Conservation Area
Nature preserve
1,097 acres33.6 mi of trail
ToT SouthPower LineToT NorthCrooked CartwayBroken Arrow
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Barnstable
Barnstable, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 27% of Barnstable is conserved land, roughly 13,011 acres. There are about 202 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in West Barnstable Conservation Area (33.6 mi), Hyannis Ponds WMA (14 mi), and Sandy Neck (13.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Barnstable, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Barnstable outdoors
Conserved land
27%
13,011 of 48,653 acres
Trails
202 mi
2.7 mi per sq mi · 141 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
67
262 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.9 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 11.3 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
Hyannis Ponds Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
362 acres14 mi of trail
BushwoodThe Back NineAutomileArt's TrailBurning Man
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Sandy Neck
Managed by Town of Barnstable
2,119 acres13.6 mi of trail
ORV Beach TrailMarsh TrailHorse TrailTrail 4Trail 1
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Old Jail Lane Conservation Area
Nature preserve
271 acres6.6 mi of trail
Central ParkFin's FollyHills and DalesCaptains LogsDrumlins of Doom
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Hathaways Pond Conservation Area
Nature preserve
127 acres4 mi of trail
Little HathawaysPondsidePintsideThe UpsideDogleg
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Town of Barnstable Land Bank Property
Nature preserve
245 acres3.4 mi of trail
Danforth TrailsAirport Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
7
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
114 acres2.8 mi of trail
Beck Family TrailBone Hill TrailWoodcock TrailLong Meadow Pasture TrailHarbor Overlook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Long Pond Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Barnstable
46 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Otis Atwood Conservation Area73 ac · 2.4 mi trail · Directions
- Eagle Pond Sanctuary118 ac · 2.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bridge Creek Conservation Area221 ac · 1.9 mi trail
- Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary138 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Crocker Neck Conservation Area101 ac · 1.4 mi trail · Directions
- Santuit Pond Wildlife Conservation Easement78 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Water Department Land114 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Lumbert Pond Conservation Area35 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Danforth Recreation Area26 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Barnstable County Farm41 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Santuit River Conservation Area18 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Whelan Conservation Area13 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Great Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary73 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Old Neck Lane26 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Hyannis Village Green5 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- John Jenkins Forestry And Wild Life Reservation7 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Cordwood25 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Kalmus Park Beach50 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Property 04237 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Hamblin Pond Beach7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Barnstable Forest6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Armstrong-Kelley Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Michael K. Aselton Memorial Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bismore Memorial Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Green Hill Cr1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Kelly Austin Cr1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cotuit Memorial Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Great Marsh1,131 ac
- Jules Island53 ac
- Cr #3242 ac
- Sampsons Island37 ac
- Burgess Park31 ac · Directions
- Shubael Pond Conservation Restriction29 ac
- Sand Island28 ac
- Meadow Point Conservation Area28 ac
- Huckins Island25 ac
- Duck Island19 ac
- Property 05217 ac
- Little Thatch Island16 ac
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Park14 ac · Directions
- Mill Pond11 ac
- Bayview Farms10 ac
- Indian Trail10 ac
- Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield8 ac · Directions
- Servis Family Conservation Area6 ac · Directions
- Mollys Island6 ac
- Tupper Island5 ac
- Peppercorn Lane Conservation Area5 ac
- Ellen A. McBarron Field4 ac
- Bay View Farm3 ac
- Weeks Island2 ac
- Isham Marsh2 ac
Who protects the land
13,011 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,268 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 110 of 796 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis133
- Baseball23
- Basketball15
- Pickleball12
- Soccer6
- Softball4
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Barnstable and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Barnstable'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 34.3-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.