1
Nickerson State Park
Nature preserve
2,000 acres38 mi of trail
Cliff Pond TrailLittle Cliff Pond TrailFlax Pond PathHiggin's Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Brewster
Brewster, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Brewster is conserved land, roughly 4,259 acres. There are about 105 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Nickerson State Park (38 mi), Sheep Pond Woodlands (1.2 mi), and Bates Cr (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brewster, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brewster outdoors
Conserved land
26%
4,259 of 16,229 acres
Trails
105 mi
4.1 mi per sq mi · 53 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
58
409 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
13.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 13.2 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
Sheep Pond Woodlands
Nature preserve
79 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bates Cr
Nature preserve
37 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Wing Island
Nature preserve
32 acres0.8 mi of trail
John Wing TrailSecret Path
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Spruce Hill
Nature preserve
25 acres0.6 mi of trail
Spruce Hill
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Crowe's Pasture/Quivett Creek Marsh
Nature preserve
190 acres0.4 mi of trail
John Wing Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Cape Cod Sea Camps
Managed by Town of Brewster
55 acres0.4 mi of trail
Spruce Hill
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Cape Cod Rail Trail
Managed by MA Department of Conservation and Recreation
63 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 58 parks & preserves
- Town Land14 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Former Camp Wono68 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Thompson14 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Camp Barney Conservation Area11 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Herring Run Site3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Pine Pond4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Stony Brook38 ac
- Belmont Park32 ac
- Eddy Property31 ac · Directions
- Quivett Creek Marsh23 ac
- Mitchell Lane21 ac
- Drummer Boy Park20 ac
- Arthur11 ac
- Barclay11 ac
- Millstone Road9 ac
- Belmont Park - East9 ac
- Pleasant Court Open Space8 ac
- Crowells Bog Road8 ac
- Doyle Lot6 ac
- Rione6 ac
- Brier Lane6 ac
- Elbow Pond6 ac
- Linclau - East6 ac
- Hart Lot5 ac
- Rafe's Pond Property4 ac
- Ellis Landing4 ac · Directions
- Smith Pond Frontage4 ac
- Shorewood Drive Conservation Area3 ac
- Ellis3 ac
- Linclau - West3 ac
- Windmill Meadows3 ac
- Eldredge3 ac
- Price Lot3 ac
- Lazarus2 ac
- Blueberry Pond Conser. Area2 ac
- Nickerson2 ac · Directions
- Red Top2 ac
- Hinckleys Pond Conservation Restriction1 ac
- Thad Ellis Natural Heritage Area1 ac
- Stonehedge1 ac · Directions
- Paine Lot1 ac · Directions
- Seymour Pond Frontage1 ac
- Buggy Whip Road Cr1 ac
- Buggy Whip Road And Wild Pond Cr1 ac
- Hooper Lot1 ac
- Robinson Lot1 ac
- Davis Land1 ac
- Doherty Lot1 ac
- Shaw Lot1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,259 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,108 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 20 of 467 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 paths13.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis24
- Baseball7
- Pickleball7
- Soccer3
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Brewster and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brewster'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 21.6-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.