Town of Wayland
Nature preserve
65 acres1.4 mi of trail
redyellowUnmarked Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Trailhead Parking
Outdoors in Cochituate
11 miles of trails in Cochituate
About 15% of Cochituate is conserved land, roughly 400 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Town of Wayland (1.4 mi) and Hamlen Woods (0.9 mi).
Conserved land
15%
400 of 2,649 acres
Trails
11 mi
2.6 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
62 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.5 mi lanes
Highest peak
318 ft
Overthrough Hill
Lakes & rivers
3
1 beach · 2 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Cochituate?
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The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Town of Wayland, with 1.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hamlen Woods
Nature preserve
33 acres0.9 mi of trail
Unmarked TrailRed
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Timber Lane Conservation Area
Nature preserve
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Cochituate State Park
Managed by MA Department of Conservation and Recreation
171 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
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Hamlen Woods33 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
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Timber Lane Conservation Area9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
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Moon Conservation Restriction7 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Sudbury Valley Trustees
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Dudley Woods11 acres · Town of Wayland
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Schoenfield Property8 acres · Town of Wayland
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Deverell Parcel2 acres · Sudbury Valley Trustees
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Swiedler Gift1 acres · Sudbury Valley Trustees
Things to do
7 places to go in Cochituate
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Beaches in Cochituate
Playgrounds in Cochituate
Boat launches in Cochituate
Peaks in Cochituate
Trails & water
9 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 2.4 miUnpaved · 6.0 mi
Hultman Aquaduct Path2.7 mi
Unmarked Trail1.3 mi
Weston Aqueduct Path1.2 mi
red0.6 mi
yellow0.4 mi
Red0.4 mi
Blue0.3 mi
Shawmut Avenue Extension0.1 mi
Mayflower Path0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
400 conserved acres
Who manages Cochituate’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city112 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits14 ac
Not recorded317 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 121 acConservation Easement · 96 acState Park · 88 acWatershed Protection Area · 66 acPrivate Conservation · 31 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 54 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 25 of 70 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochituate State Park State Park | Not recorded | 88 | Open |
| Hamlen Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 55 | Open |
| Hultman Aqueduct Watershed Protection Area | Not recorded | 49 | Closed |
| Hamlen Woods Private Conservation | Not recorded | 27 | Unknown |
| Town of Wayland Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 21 | Unknown |
| Lakeview Cemetery Local Historic or Cultural Area | Not recorded | 17 | Open |
| Weston Aqueduct Watershed Protection Area | Not recorded | 16 | Closed |
| Dudley Pond Rec Area Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Loker Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Timber Lane Conservation Area Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 9 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Biking & sports
0.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.5 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.3 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
5Baseball
2Soccer
2Tennis
1Basketball
1Lacrosse
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 old cemeteries
Next door
Cochituate and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Cochituate | 15.1% | 15 |
| Wayland | 38.9% | 58 |
| Natick | 19.9% | 30 |
| Framingham | 20.4% | 66 |
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.