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J. C. Phillips Sanctuary
Nature preserve
371 acres7.5 mi of trail
Mystery Train
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Boxford
Boxford, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Boxford is conserved land, roughly 3,572 acres. There are about 83 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in J. C. Phillips Sanctuary (7.5 mi), Boxford State Forest (7.3 mi), and Wildcat Conservation Area (4.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Boxford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Boxford outdoors
Conserved land
23%
3,572 of 15,529 acres
Trails
83 mi
3.4 mi per sq mi · 51 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
69
435 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.8 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
Boxford State Forest
Nature preserve
580 acres7.3 mi of trail
Winding Oaks TrailPrice TrailMystery TrainSummit
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wildcat Conservation Area
Nature preserve
288 acres4.7 mi of trail
Marsh TrailWitch Hollow TrailLong Marsh TrailWolf Pit TrailLedge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Coolidge Woods
Nature preserve
91 acres3.5 mi of trail
Coolidge TrailMaddock Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Wunnegen Conservation Area
Nature preserve
141 acres3 mi of trail
Overlook TrailNorth Loop TrailEast Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Cleaveland Farm State Forest
Nature preserve
178 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Potters Farm
Managed by BTA/BOLT
71 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Lockwood Forest Conservation Area
Nature preserve
112 acres2.3 mi of trail
Bay Circuit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 69 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 69 parks & preserves
J. C. Phillips Sanctuary371 acres · 7.5 mi of trail
Boxford State Forest580 acres · 7.3 mi of trail
Wildcat Conservation Area288 acres · 4.7 mi of trail
Coolidge Woods91 acres · 3.5 mi of trail
Wunnegen Conservation Area141 acres · 3 mi of trail
Cleaveland Farm State Forest178 acres · 2.4 mi of trail
Potters Farm71 acres · 2.4 mi of trail · BTA/BOLT
Lockwood Forest Conservation Area112 acres · 2.3 mi of trail
Price Property276 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
Baldpate Pond State Park35 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Who protects the land
3,572 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 834 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 24 of 179 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 paths6.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Border to Boston Trail (bike route)1.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball13
- Soccer12
- Tennis6
- Tracks3
- Lacrosse2
- Basketball2
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Boxford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boxford | 23% | 82.5 mi | 69 |
| Topsfield | 34.8% | 30.0 mi | 26 |
| Middleton | 19.7% | 40.2 mi | 36 |
| North Andover | 19.8% | 96.6 mi | 44 |
| Georgetown | 25.5% | 43.1 mi | 29 |
| Haverhill | 17.9% | 68.0 mi | 32 |
| Groveland | 16.4% | 23.7 mi | 22 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Boxford'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 26-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.