1
Dead Branch State Forest
Managed by DCR - Division of State Parks and Recreation
577 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Chesterfield
Chesterfield, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 39% of Chesterfield is conserved land, roughly 7,668 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dead Branch State Forest (1.8 mi), Brewer Brook WMA (1.2 mi), and Chesterfield Gorge Reservation (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chesterfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Chesterfield outdoors
Conserved land
39%
7,668 of 19,875 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
7,268 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 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
Brewer Brook Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Department of Fish and Game
172 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Chesterfield Gorge Reservation
Nature preserve
200 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Ram Hill Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
479 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Fisk Meadows Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Department of Fish And Game
620 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
- Hiram H. Fox Wildlife Management Area535 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Gilbert A. Bliss State Forest626 ac
- Chesterfield Wildlife Conservation Easement303 ac
- Westfield River Access235 ac
- Krug Sugarbush92 ac
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge80 ac
- Dead Branch Unit80 ac
Who protects the land
7,668 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,565 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 132 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Tennis2
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Chesterfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | 38.6% | 16.1 mi | 12 |
| Huntington | 27.7% | 35.8 mi | 9 |
| Goshen | 26.8% | 22.0 mi | 3 |
| Worthington | 37.4% | 12.6 mi | 7 |
| Williamsburg | 28.7% | 39.1 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Chesterfield'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 21.8-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.