1
Devon Wood Open Space
Nature preserve
295 acres4.8 mi of trail
New Englander TrailVillage TrailRed TrailTeaberry TrailDevonwood Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Braintree
Braintree, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Braintree is conserved land, roughly 2,016 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Devon Wood Open Space (4.8 mi), Cranberry Pond Conservation Land (3.2 mi), and Pond Meadow Park (2.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Braintree, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Braintree outdoors
Conserved land
22%
2,016 of 9,266 acres
Trails
21 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
32
52 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.9 mi
3.9 mi lanes · 2.0 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
Cranberry Pond Conservation Land
Managed by Town of Braintree Conservation Commission
148 acres3.2 mi of trail
Blue TrailRed TrailYellow TrailOrange TrailWhite Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
Pond Meadow Park
Park
304 acres2.8 mi of trail
Red TrailRanger TrailBlue TrailMeadow TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Braintree Town Forest
Nature preserve
127 acres2.5 mi of trail
Blue TrailGreen TrailRed TrailOrange TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Blue Hills Reservation
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
88 acres0.8 mi of trail
Hemlock PathWinnemoiset Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Watson Park
Park
17 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Middle Street Woodlands
Managed by Town of Braintree
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Monatiquot River - Middle Street Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 32 parks & preserves
- Robert S. Mattulina Playground7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Penniman Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Cedar Swamp Conservation Land90 ac · Directions
- Eaton's Pond Conservation Land62 ac · Directions
- Town Brook Flood Control62 ac · Directions
- Cochato River Conservation Area39 ac · Directions
- Hollingsworth Park20 ac
- Sandman Electric Gift15 ac
- Farm River Conservation Area13 ac
- Town Conservation Land13 ac · Directions
- Franklin Street Conservation Area13 ac · Directions
- Dyer Hill Playground5 ac · Directions
- Cochato River Corridor Conservation Restriction5 ac
- Abraham Lincoln Park4 ac
- Flatley Property4 ac
- Ervin Davis Memorial Park4 ac · Directions
- Winfield Adams Memorial Park4 ac
- French's Common4 ac · Directions
- Eldridge Field4 ac
- Daily Soccer Field3 ac · Directions
- Sunset Lake Beach3 ac
- Jonas Perkins Park2 ac · Directions
- Granite Street Conservation Area2 ac
- Dearing Park2 ac
- Berwick Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,016 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 279 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 63 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball19
- Baseball17
- Tennis17
- Soccer11
- Football4
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Braintree'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.