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Peters River Park
Managed by Town of Bellingham Conservation Commission
111 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bellingham
Bellingham, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Bellingham is conserved land, roughly 1,328 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bellingham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bellingham outdoors
Conserved land
11%
1,328 of 12,015 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
76 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.8 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
R.Belanger Drive
Nature preserve
39 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Charles River Land
Nature preserve
29 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
John Alden Circle
Nature preserve
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
- Rosenfeld Way9 ac
- Bellingham Town Common8 ac · Directions
- South Bellingham Common1 ac
Who protects the land
1,328 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 231 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 68 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 paths2.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Southern New England Trunkline Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball12
- Basketball5
- Tennis2
- Pickleball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bellingham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellingham | 11.1% | 15.0 mi | 7 |
| Mendon | 9.5% | 29.4 mi | 8 |
| Hopedale | 22% | 10.3 mi | 3 |
| Blackstone | 9% | 24.0 mi | 5 |
| Franklin Town | 14.9% | 50.9 mi | 12 |
| Medway | 7.8% | 10.4 mi | 10 |
| Milford | 10.4% | 33.7 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bellingham'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.