1
Wachusett Reservoir Watershed
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
4,230 acres17 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Boylston
Boylston, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Boylston is conserved land, roughly 4,072 acres. There are about 40 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wachusett Reservoir Watershed (17 mi), Tower Hill Botanic Garden (5 mi), and Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Boylston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Boylston outdoors
Conserved land
32%
4,072 of 12,564 acres
Trails
40 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
823 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
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Nature preserve
174 acres5 mi of trail
Loop TrailNorth Woods TrailSummit TrailPliny's Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary
Managed by Summer Star
46 acres1.4 mi of trail
Mountain Laurel Trail (blue blaze)Beaver Pond Trail (blue blaze)Witch Hazel Trail (blue blaze)Easy TrailAccess path
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
East Woods
Managed by Town of Boylston Conservation Commission
218 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Wrack Meadow
Managed by Sudbury Valley Trustees
51 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
- Mile Hill Woods30 ac
- Falby Memorial Forest6 ac
- Fawcett Memorial Forest6 ac
- Ball Hill Road Conservation Area2 ac · Directions
- Town Tennis Courts1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,072 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 358 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 91 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
- Baseball3
- Basketball3
- Tennis3
- Soccer2
- Pickleball2
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Boylston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boylston | 32.4% | 40.1 mi | 10 |
| Shrewsbury | 8% | 35.3 mi | 26 |
| West Boylston | 41% | 11.7 mi | 4 |
| Clinton | 15.1% | 10.0 mi | 8 |
| Northborough | 22.6% | 42.5 mi | 17 |
| Berlin | 28.9% | 34.9 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Boylston'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.