1
Noanet Woodlands
Nature preserve
602 acres15.9 mi of trail
Peabody LoopLarabee TrailNoanet Park TrailYellow Blaze TrailPipeline trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Dover
Dover, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 39% of Dover is conserved land, roughly 3,796 acres. There are about 77 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Noanet Woodlands (15.9 mi), Hale Reservation (13.6 mi), and Wylde Woods (4.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dover, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dover outdoors
Conserved land
39%
3,796 of 9,810 acres
Trails
77 mi
5 mi per sq mi · 65 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
55
640 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.5 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
Hale Reservation
Nature preserve
621 acres13.6 mi of trail
PowerglideYellow Blaze TrailLower PowissettUpper PowissettPowissett Patio
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wylde Woods
Managed by Town of Dover Conservation Commission
198 acres4.6 mi of trail
Blue TrailBlueberry Ridge TrailDover Valley TrailChestnut Oak LoopRice's Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Snow Hill Reservation
Managed by Dover Land Conservation Trust
142 acres3 mi of trail
Fire Tower TrailSnow's Hill TrailHale's Pond TrailChapel Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Medfield Charles River State Reservation
Nature preserve
120 acres2.7 mi of trail
Charles River Link TrailGas pipelne
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Peters Reservation
Managed by Trustees of Reservations
85 acres2.6 mi of trail
Blue Loop
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Chase Woodlands
Nature preserve
87 acres2.5 mi of trail
Red Loop
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Elm Bank Reservation
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
171 acres2.3 mi of trail
Riverside TrailOlmstead TrailHorseshoe TrailMeander TrailQuinobin Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 55 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 55 parks & preserves
Noanet Woodlands602 acres · 15.9 mi of trail
Hale Reservation621 acres · 13.6 mi of trail
Wylde Woods198 acres · 4.6 mi of trail · Town of Dover Conservation Commission
Snow Hill Reservation142 acres · 3 mi of trail · Dover Land Conservation Trust
Medfield Charles River State Reservation120 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
Peters Reservation85 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Trustees of Reservations
Chase Woodlands87 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
Elm Bank Reservation171 acres · 2.3 mi of trail · Division of State Parks and Recreation
Caryl Park81 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · Town of Dover Parks and Recreation Department
Powissett Farm123 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Trustees of Reservations
Who protects the land
3,796 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 777 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 180 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 paths0.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
- Soccer9
- Baseball6
- Basketball3
- Volleyball2
- Football1
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Dover and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dover'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.