1
Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center
Nature preserve
746 acres13.9 mi of trail
Tooleybush Turnpike10th Mountain DivisionWest Slope TrailRose Ledge TrailHemlock Hill
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Erving
Erving, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 34% of Erving is conserved land, roughly 3,088 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center (13.9 mi), Erving State Forest (11.5 mi), and Poplar Mountain Conservation Area (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Erving, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Erving outdoors
Conserved land
34%
3,088 of 9,152 acres
Trails
35 mi
2.5 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
1,813 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.0 mi
4.0 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
Erving State Forest
Nature preserve
2,465 acres11.5 mi of trail
NET/M&M TrailHermits Castle TrailSpur
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Poplar Mountain Conservation Area
Nature preserve
162 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Connecticut River Greenway State Park
Nature preserve
155 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- Riverfront Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Jack's Brook Forest68 ac
- Town Land38 ac · Directions
- Millers River Access8 ac
Who protects the land
3,088 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 174 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 37 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
- Basketball2
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Erving and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erving | 33.7% | 35.1 mi | 8 |
| Wendell | 61.1% | 60.2 mi | 8 |
| Montague | 41.6% | 70.0 mi | 15 |
| Gill | 21.9% | 27.1 mi | 2 |
| Northfield | 30.2% | 69.6 mi | 13 |
| Orange | 33.1% | 14.3 mi | 30 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Erving'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.