1
Town Forest
Nature preserve
221 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Franklin
Franklin, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Franklin is conserved land, roughly 2,570 acres. There are about 51 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Town Forest (2.4 mi) and Riverbend (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Franklin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Franklin outdoors
Conserved land
15%
2,570 of 17,193 acres
Trails
51 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
78 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.1 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 1.8 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
Riverbend
Managed by Town of Franklin
40 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Franklin Town Common
Park
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Charles River Farms
Nature preserve
21 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
- Franklin Sculpture Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- King Street Memorial Park19 ac · Directions
- Fletcher Field11 ac · Directions
- Dawn Marie Circle10 ac
- Charles River8 ac
- David Road6 ac
- Conservation Land4 ac
- Theron Metcalf Field3 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,570 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 221 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 10 of 96 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball18
- Soccer14
- Tennis9
- Basketball7
- Softball3
- Football2
- Multi-sport2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Franklin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 14.9% | 50.9 mi | 12 |
| Medway | 7.8% | 10.4 mi | 10 |
| Norfolk | 16% | 23.5 mi | 13 |
| Bellingham | 11.1% | 15.0 mi | 7 |
| Wrentham | 12.3% | 103.5 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Franklin'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.