1
October Mountain State Forest
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
2,625 acres9.5 mi of trail
Appalachian TrailCordonier TrailBuckley Dunton TrailFinerty TrailUnverified DCR Track
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Becket
Becket, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Becket is conserved land, roughly 7,147 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in October Mountain State Forest (9.5 mi), Becket Quarry (5 mi), and Walnut Hill WMA (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Becket, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Becket outdoors
Conserved land
24%
7,147 of 30,400 acres
Trails
31 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
3,643 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
Becket Quarry
Nature preserve
273 acres5 mi of trail
Laurel Knob TrailOld Motion LoopMossy Bottom TrailFounders LoopThe Heights Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Becket Historic Quarry and Forest trailhead
3
Walnut Hill Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
113 acres0.5 mi of trail
Keystone Arch Bridges TrailBoston and Albany Railroad
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
4
Appalachian Trail Corridor
Managed by National Park Service
89 acres0.4 mi of trail
Appalachian TrailAT Access (blue)
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo AT parking
All 11 parks & preserves
- Farmington River Wildlife Management Area204 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Conservation Land718 ac · Directions
- Shales Brook Wildlife Management Area246 ac
- Otis State Forest210 ac
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge123 ac
- Westfield River Division123 ac
- Boulder Grange Conservation Area1 ac
Who protects the land
7,147 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 53 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 38 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
- Tennis42
- Basketball14
- Baseball10
- Soccer5
- Football2
- Beach volleyball1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Becket and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becket | 23.5% | 31.4 mi | 11 |
| Middlefield | 48.1% | 11.4 mi | 10 |
| Otis | 35.5% | 4.7 mi | 11 |
| Washington | 68.1% | 70.5 mi | 7 |
| Tyringham | 38.6% | 18.3 mi | 12 |
| Lee | 36.3% | 25.5 mi | 19 |
| Chester | 30.3% | 25.0 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Becket'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 24.9-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.