1
Myles Standish State Forest
Nature preserve
1,868 acres22.9 mi of trail
Dunham TrailEast Head Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Carver
Carver, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Carver is conserved land, roughly 3,618 acres. There are about 93 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Myles Standish State Forest (22.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Carver, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Carver outdoors
Conserved land
14%
3,618 of 25,273 acres
Trails
93 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
309 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.1 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
Muddy Pond
Nature preserve
72 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Griffith Cr
Nature preserve
39 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Savory Ave Historical Site
Nature preserve
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- Purchase Street11 ac
- King Property10 ac
- Shurtleff Park5 ac
- Johns Pond Beach1 ac
Who protects the land
3,618 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 340 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 34 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 paths1.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball9
- Basketball5
- Tennis5
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Carver'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 28.4-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.