1
Gloucester Water Supply Land
Managed by City of Gloucester
1,450 acres24.7 mi of trail
4x4 trailResdawg4x4 Ledge TrailsFishboneThe Gloucester Spot
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Gloucester
Gloucester, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Gloucester is conserved land, roughly 5,272 acres. There are about 114 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gloucester Water Supply Land (24.7 mi), Tompson Street Reservation (12.9 mi), and Ravenswood Park (8.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gloucester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gloucester outdoors
Conserved land
20%
5,272 of 26,402 acres
Trails
114 mi
2.7 mi per sq mi · 75 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
92
175 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.1 mi
1.3 mi lanes · 2.5 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
Tompson Street Reservation
Nature preserve
347 acres12.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Ravenswood Park
Nature preserve
589 acres8.4 mi of trail
Ledge Hill Trail (Orange)Magnolia Swamp Trail (Yellow)Fernwood Lake Trail (Blue)Boulder Field Trail (Red)Granite Top
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Babson Watershed
Nature preserve
684 acres7.8 mi of trail
Nellie's TrailArt's TrailBabson Boulder TrailMoraine TrailLuce Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Babson Boulders
5
Magnolia Woods Recreational Area
Managed by City of Gloucester
288 acres3.9 mi of trail
Yellow TrailBlue TrailOrange Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Norton Memorial Forest
Managed by New England Forestry Foundation
143 acres2.9 mi of trail
ManBearPig
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Mount Ann Park
Managed by The Trustees Of Reservations
68 acres2.5 mi of trail
Black CoffeeSkinnyDipperYellow Arrow
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Dogtown Conservation Land
Nature preserve
165 acres2.4 mi of trail
Adams Pines Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Dogtown Woods
All 60 parks & preserves
- Goose Cove Reservoir Watershed267 ac · 2.2 mi trail · Directions
- Fernwood Lake Water Supply Land98 ac · 2.1 mi trail
- Bond Hill Reservoir Water Supply Land68 ac · 1.3 mi trail
- Plum Cove Recreation Area57 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
- Lawrence Mountain Reservation34 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Red Rocks Conservation Area29 ac · 1.2 mi trail
- Stage Fort Park47 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Poles Hill44 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Wallace Pond Water Supply Land121 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Marble Road Conservation Area50 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Annisquam Woods47 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Goose Cove Reservation20 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Carter Reservation20 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Stoney Cove Reservation19 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Gabriel and Selma Kleimola Reservation19 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary47 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Squam Rock Pasture12 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Burnham's Field & Playground7 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Presson Point23 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Seine Field15 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Susan's Point14 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- West Gloucester Open Space13 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Memorial Woods4 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Wingaersheek Beach185 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Natti Woodland17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Rafe's Chasm Park11 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Swinsons Farm Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Boynton Island & Causeway9 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Town Line Woodlot4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Harrison Avenue Conservation Area13 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Green Street Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lanes Cove Landing4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- The Hill at Lobster Cove3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Captain Solomon Jacobs Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Harvey Reservation1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Fort Point Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Magnolia Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Whitemore Salt Marsh225 ac
- Wingaersheek Uplands64 ac
- Warren Reservation35 ac
- Normans Woe Wildlife Sanctuary32 ac
- Ram Island30 ac
- Corliss Salt Marsh27 ac
- Conservation Land23 ac · Directions
- Tommys Island22 ac
- Long Wharf Landing18 ac
- Brisson Salt Marsh17 ac
- Coles Island17 ac
- Clay Pit Landing15 ac
- Young Farm Reservation14 ac
- Curtis Salt Marsh13 ac
- Two Penny Loaf12 ac
Who protects the land
5,272 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,166 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 59 of 259 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Baseball9
- Pickleball6
- Basketball5
- Beach volleyball2
- Soccer1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Gloucester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | 20% | 113.5 mi | 92 |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | 9.6% | 43.4 mi | 37 |
| Rockport | 10.9% | 51.2 mi | 35 |
| Essex | 27.3% | 37.7 mi | 18 |
| Ipswich | 39% | 102.7 mi | 82 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gloucester'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 29.2-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.