1
Beaver Brook Conservation Land
Nature preserve
252 acres2.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Brockton
Brockton, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.4% of Brockton is conserved land, roughly 1,291 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Beaver Brook Conservation Land (2.9 mi), D.W. Field Park (1.6 mi), and Wildlands Trust - Brockton Audubon Preserve (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brockton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brockton outdoors
Conserved land
9.4%
1,291 of 13,686 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
26
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.8 mi
2.7 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
D.W. Field Park
Park
229 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Wildlands Trust - Brockton Audubon Preserve
Nature preserve
122 acres1.4 mi of trail
Trailboardwalk
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Wildlands Trust Parking Lot
4
Stone Farm Conservation Area
Managed by City of Brockton Conservation Commission
103 acres1.1 mi of trail
Center Loop TrailBrockton Audubon Connector TrailChurch Connector Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
James Edgar Playground
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Gilbert Walker Playground
Park
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 26 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 26 parks & preserves
Beaver Brook Conservation Land252 acres · 2.9 mi of trail
D.W. Field Park229 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Wildlands Trust - Brockton Audubon Preserve122 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Stone Farm Conservation Area103 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · City of Brockton Conservation Commission
James Edgar Playground7 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Gilbert Walker Playground6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Harold D. Bent Playground6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Washburn Meadow Conservation Area71 acres · City of Brockton Conservation Commission
Brookfield Nature Area24 acres · City of Brockton Conservation Commission
George G. Snow Park17 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Brockton
Showing 1–10 of 25 playgrounds
Clifford Avenue Playground
Gilmore Playground
Kennedy School Playground
Mulberry Street Playground
Nadine Playground
Parmenter Playground
Perrault Playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Hancock Field
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 3.6 miHorses 1.0 miUnpaved 4.1 mi
- Trail1.0 mi
- Center Loop Trail0.6 mi
- Brockton Audubon Connector Trail0.4 mi
- Church Connector Trail0.1 mi
- Sylph Path0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Bigney PondpondCross PondFlagg PondreservoirHunts PondreservoirLower Porter PondreservoirThirtyacre PondreservoirUpper Porter PondreservoirSalisbury Plain River
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,291 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 111 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball27
- Basketball22
- Tennis11
- Soccer8
- Football2
- Volleyball2
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Brockton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Other or Unknown 431 acConservation Easement 333 acPrivate Other or Unknown 242 acLocal Park 205 acResearch or Educational Area 154 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| D W Field Park and Municipal Golf CourseLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 164 | Open |
| D W Field ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 137 | Open |
| Thorny Lea Golf CoursePrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 135 | Closed |
| Washburn Meadow Conservation AreaLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 104 | Open |
| Stone Farm Conservation AreaLocal Other or Unknown | Town or city | 103 | Open |
| Melrose CemeteryLocal Historic or Cultural Area | Not recorded | 60 | Open |
| Brockton FairgroundsPrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 46 | Restricted |
| Calvary CemeteryPrivate Historic or Cultural | Not recorded | 41 | Restricted |
| Brockton High School Athletic FieldsResearch or Educational Area | Not recorded | 36 | Open |
| Massasoit Community College Athletic FieldsResearch or Educational Area | Not recorded | 36 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 21 places
Brockton War MemorialMemorial
Down By The Rocks 1993 MonumentMonument
Gifted 1962 Fire HydrantMonument
South Street Historic DistrictDistrict
Agudas Achim CemeteryCemetery
Ashland CemeteryCemetery
Calvary CemeteryCemetery
Chevra Thilim CemeteryCemetery
Coweeset CemeteryCemetery
First Parish CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Brockton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockton | 9.4% | 16.3 mi | 26 |
| Abington | 7.3% | 26.3 mi | 26 |
| West Bridgewater | 25.1% | 13.2 mi | 12 |
| Whitman | 10.6% | 2.1 mi | 15 |
| East Bridgewater | 11.3% | 4.9 mi | 29 |
| Easton | 29.5% | 53.1 mi | 55 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brockton'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.