1
Ware River Watershed
Nature preserve
5,427 acres12.6 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Barre
Barre, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 41% of Barre is conserved land, roughly 11,593 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ware River Watershed (12.6 mi), Cooks Canyon (1.7 mi), and Prince River WMA (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Barre, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Barre outdoors
Conserved land
41%
11,593 of 28,392 acres
Trails
24 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
2,081 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.5 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
Cooks Canyon
Nature preserve
57 acres1.7 mi of trail
Cook's Canyon TrailWildwood TrailGalloway Brook TrailLink Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Prince River Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
610 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Barre Falls Project Area
Nature preserve
174 acres0.9 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Prince River Preserve
Nature preserve
72 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Moose Brook Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
514 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Barre Falls Wildlife Management Area
Managed by MassWildlife
267 acres0.4 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Jacob Riis Farm
Nature preserve
19 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 20 parks & preserves
- Town Common6 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Raccoon Hill Wildlife Management Area428 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- The Cross8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Rutland Brook Wildlife Sanctuary916 ac
- Phillipston Wildlife Management Area229 ac
- Carter Pond Wildlife Conservation Easement88 ac
- Ware River Access50 ac
- Quabbin Reservoir Reservation26 ac
- Felton Field25 ac
- Rocking Stone Park24 ac
- Williams Woods12 ac · Directions
- Barre Falls Flood Control Area1 ac
Who protects the land
11,593 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,100 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 147 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 paths7.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer5
- Tracks5
- Tennis4
- Baseball3
- Basketball3
- Softball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Barre and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barre | 40.8% | 24.4 mi | 20 |
| Hubbardston | 45.5% | 31.8 mi | 13 |
| Oakham | 38% | 24.5 mi | 5 |
| Rutland | 44.5% | 30.2 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Barre'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 30.3-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.