Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
849 acres3.1 mi of trail
Goddard Memorial Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trailheadWebsite ↗
Outdoors in Devens
23 miles of trails in Devens
About 31% of Devens is conserved land, roughly 1,350 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge (3.1 mi) and Mulpus Brook Wildlife Management Areas (0.9 mi).
Conserved land
31%
1,350 of 4,370 acres
Trails
23 mi
3.3 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
784 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
5.1 mi
5.1 mi lanes
Highest peak
358 ft
Shepleys Hill
Lakes & rivers
8
1 beach
What kind of outdoors town is Devens?
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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 Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, with 3.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Mulpus Brook Wildlife Management Areas
Nature preserve
107 acres0.9 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Mirror Lake
Managed by Mirror Lake Management
23 acres0.3 mi of trail
Mirror Lake Trail (primary)
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Trails & water
4 named trails and 8 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 3.8 mi
Mirror Lake (secondary trail)1.4 mi
Mirror Lake Trail (primary)1.2 mi
Goddard Memorial Trail0.5 mi
Jackson Gate Trail0.4 mi
Things to do
5 places to go in Devens
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Who protects it
1,350 conserved acres
Who manages Devens’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,686 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits582 ac
Private owners89 ac
Regional agency44 ac
Not recorded106 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 1,686 acConservation Easement · 715 acState Conservation Area · 106 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 399 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1,686 | Restricted |
| Mulpus Brook Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 106 | Open |
Biking & sports
5.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
5.1 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
6Baseball
3Basketball
1Soccer
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 old cemetery
Next door
Devens and its neighbors
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Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Devens neighbors.
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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.