1
Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
330 acres7.8 mi of trail
Main PathPipeline PathFlat Rock Road (red)Link TrailSwamp Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Fitchburg
Fitchburg, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Fitchburg is conserved land, roughly 3,653 acres. There are about 40 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary (7.8 mi), Northern Watershed (5.2 mi), and Coggshall Park (4.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Fitchburg, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Fitchburg outdoors
Conserved land
20%
3,653 of 17,885 acres
Trails
40 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
33
87 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.1 mi
1.7 mi lanes · 2.1 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
Northern Watershed
Nature preserve
1,171 acres5.2 mi of trail
Pipeline Path
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Coggshall Park
Park
223 acres4.5 mi of trail
Hole #14Hole #17Hole #15Hole #13Hole #7
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Crocker Conservation Area
Nature preserve
149 acres2.9 mi of trail
Big's Bushwhack (white)Overlook Trail (red)Lower Loop (blue)Cush's Coast (yellow)Flat Rock Link (blue)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Coolidge Park
Park
35 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Park Hill Park
Park
46 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
West Fitchburg Steamline Trail
Park
8 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Jewell Hill
Nature preserve
131 acres0.5 mi of trail
Fox PastureTrailWillard Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 33 parks & preserves
- Bird Sanctuary59 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Moran Field18 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Gateway Park7 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Saima Park15 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Crocker Field7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Howarth Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Bartley-Nolan Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Crocker Playground2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Riverfront Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lowe Playground4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Caldwell Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Monument Square1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- JoAnne "Mama" Fitz Memorial Playground1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Leominster State Forest121 ac
- Scripture Hill Wildlife Management Area101 ac
- Green's Pond Reserve42 ac · Directions
- Littlefield Farm33 ac
- City Forest32 ac
- Airport Conservation Land22 ac
- Brown Farm12 ac
- South Fitchburg Playground10 ac · Directions
- City of Fitchburg Agricultural Preservation Restriction6 ac
- Goodrich Playground5 ac · Directions
- Dolloff Conservation Land5 ac
- Phillips Playground1 ac
Who protects the land
3,653 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,820 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 25 of 204 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball19
- Basketball16
- Soccer11
- Tennis10
- Tracks7
- Football5
- Volleyball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Fitchburg and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitchburg | 20.4% | 40.3 mi | 33 |
| Leominster | 34.5% | 68.4 mi | 29 |
| Westminster | 29.6% | 49.8 mi | 10 |
| Lunenburg | 22.1% | 63.4 mi | 27 |
| Ashby | 31.6% | 23.9 mi | 12 |
| Ashburnham | 31.5% | 32.8 mi | 32 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Fitchburg'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.