1
Philip Phillips Gift
Nature preserve
83 acres3.4 mi of trail
Phillips TrailRidge Loop TrailAtlantic Union TrailPark Bench TrailSplit Rock Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Bolton
Bolton, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Bolton is conserved land, roughly 3,750 acres. There are about 65 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Philip Phillips Gift (3.4 mi), Bolton Conservation Land (2.7 mi), and Vaughn Hills Conservation Area (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bolton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bolton outdoors
Conserved land
29%
3,750 of 12,771 acres
Trails
65 mi
3.2 mi per sq mi · 49 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
38
654 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 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
Bolton Conservation Land
Nature preserve
140 acres2.7 mi of trail
Boulder TrailAtlantic Union TrailRidge Loop TrailSplit Rock TrailSawyer Grist Mill Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Vaughn Hills Conservation Area
Nature preserve
115 acres2.6 mi of trail
Vaughn Primary Trail WestTrailVaughn Primary TrailPond LoopUnder North Peak
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Bowers Springs Conservation Area
Nature preserve
53 acres2 mi of trail
Bowers Springs Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
530 acres1.9 mi of trail
Bolton Flats TrailBolton Flats
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Philbin Land Conservation
Nature preserve
87 acres1.9 mi of trail
Powderhouse Primary TrailSecondary Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Moen Property
Nature preserve
48 acres1.4 mi of trail
New Secondary TrailMoen Primary Trail WestMoen Primary Trail EastTrailSeasonal Bypass
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Held Conservation Restriction
Nature preserve
38 acres1.1 mi of trail
Secondary TrailUnder North PeakVaughn Primary TrailVaughn Primary Trail - North
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 38 parks & preserves
- Lime Kiln Quarry33 ac · 1.1 mi trail · Directions
- Plummer Gift38 ac · 1 mi trail
- Northwoods Land95 ac · 0.9 mi trail
- Delaney Wildlife Management Area73 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Mentzer Fosprd Conservation Land31 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Rattlesnake Hill12 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Sargent Gift52 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- White Gift19 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Hanson Land13 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Mentzer Conservation Area7 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Wheeler Gift11 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Zinc Sawmill Conservation Land4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Bartsch Land16 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Sullivan Conservation Land7 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Vinger Gift #26 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Wilder Goose Pond6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Wilder Farm Conservation Area31 ac
- Sochalaski Conservation Land27 ac
- Welch Pond Conservation Area15 ac
- Daman13 ac
- Miskell Cr13 ac
- Sugar Road Conservation Area8 ac · Directions
- Veterans Memorial Park6 ac · Directions
- Persons Park6 ac
- Town Common Park3 ac · Directions
- Leduc Conservation Land2 ac
- Pond Park & Skating Pond2 ac · Directions
- McGourty Conservation Land2 ac
- Cranberry Meadow2 ac
- Smith Conservation Land1 ac
Who protects the land
3,750 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 949 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 20 of 238 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis10
- Soccer9
- Baseball4
- Softball2
- Basketball1
- Volleyball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bolton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bolton'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.