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Wilson Mountain Reservation
Nature preserve
198 acres3.8 mi of trail
Blue Blazed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Dedham
Dedham, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Dedham is conserved land, roughly 1,446 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wilson Mountain Reservation (3.8 mi), Cutler Park (3.7 mi), and Dedham Town Forest (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dedham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dedham outdoors
Conserved land
21%
1,446 of 6,795 acres
Trails
21 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
57 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.8 mi
2.1 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
Cutler Park
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
178 acres3.7 mi of trail
Blue Heron Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Dedham Town Forest
Nature preserve
76 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Whitcomb Woods
Nature preserve
31 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Dedham Parks & Recreation Complex
Park
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 24 parks & preserves
- Mother Brook Reservation6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Condon Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Wigwam Pond Conservation Land59 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Riverdale Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Neponset River Reservation219 ac · Directions
- Charles River Wildlife Management Area81 ac · Directions
- Endicott Wetlands49 ac · Directions
- Charles River Reservation19 ac
- Endicott Estate19 ac · Directions
- Barnes Memorial Park15 ac · Directions
- Stony Brook Reservation14 ac
- Fairbanks Park14 ac · Directions
- Weld Pond Wildlife Sanctuary12 ac
- Gonzalez Field6 ac · Directions
- Forested Wetlands5 ac
- Town Conservation Land5 ac
- Paul Park3 ac
- Churchill Park2 ac
- William B. Gould Park2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,446 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 249 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 19 of 105 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis23
- Baseball19
- Soccer14
- Basketball10
- Football4
- Field hockey2
- Lacrosse2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Dedham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dedham'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.