1
Mill Pond Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Burlington
265 acres11.4 mi of trail
Bridge and Cliff
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Trailhead Parking
Outdoors · Burlington
Burlington, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Burlington is conserved land, roughly 1,296 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mill Pond Conservation Area (11.4 mi), Landlocked Forest (11 mi), and Mary Cummings Park (3.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Burlington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Burlington outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,296 of 7,545 acres
Trails
39 mi
3.3 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
49 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.2 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
Landlocked Forest
Nature preserve
247 acres11 mi of trail
AbenakiPenacookMilk CrateAli-WajiEagle
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Mary Cummings Park
Managed by Trustees of Reservations
162 acres3.6 mi of trail
Pipeline TrailPolinatior TrailBabalon Hill Loop TrailScience & Nature TrailBarons Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Sawmill Brook Conservation Area
Nature preserve
30 acres2 mi of trail
Official Burlington Trailsocial pathsocial trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Little Brook Conservation Area
Nature preserve
47 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Wildwood Park
Park
13 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
TRW Park
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 25 parks & preserves
- Burlington Town Common7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Middlesex Turnpike Wellfields112 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Rahanis Playground17 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Regan Playground5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Simonds Park21 ac · Directions
- Marion Road Conservation Area16 ac · Directions
- MITRE Fields12 ac · Directions
- Ipswich Conservation Area10 ac
- Recreation Center Field9 ac · Directions
- Sandy Brook Conservation Area6 ac
- Pine Glen Conservation Area5 ac · Directions
- Lubbers Brook Conservation Area5 ac
- Marvin Field4 ac · Directions
- Rock Pond Brook Conservation Area4 ac
- Veterans Memorial Park3 ac · Directions
- Burlington Sculpture Park2 ac · Directions
- Rotary Field1 ac · Directions
- Longmeadow Brook Conservation Area1 ac
Who protects the land
1,296 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 41 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 67 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 paths1.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.1 mi
- Landlocked Forest Yellow Trail (bike route)4.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball19
- Basketball18
- Tennis17
- Soccer15
- Pickleball6
- Football2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Burlington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington | 17.2% | 38.5 mi | 25 |
| Lexington | 22.3% | 66.1 mi | 73 |
| Woburn | 10.8% | 23.9 mi | 25 |
| Wilmington | 11.5% | 17.0 mi | 23 |
| Billerica | 12.1% | 54.1 mi | 48 |
| Bedford | 22.7% | 48.4 mi | 67 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Burlington'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.