1
Penikese Island Sanctuary
Nature preserve
81 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Gosnold
Gosnold, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.3% of Gosnold is conserved land, roughly 2,026 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Penikese Island Sanctuary (1.3 mi), Nashawena (0.8 mi), and Copicut Neck (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gosnold, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gosnold outdoors
Conserved land
2.3%
2,026 of 89,174 acres
Trails
50 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 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
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Nashawena
Nature preserve
1,778 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Copicut Neck
Nature preserve
47 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Haps Hill
Nature preserve
23 acres0.5 mi of trail
Loop to School House
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
- Cuttyhunk Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary7 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Bunker Hill5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Gosnold Wildlife Management Area4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Canapitsit Neck26 ac
- Bayberry Hill12 ac
- Tarpaulin Cove Sanctuary4 ac
- Canapitsit2 ac
Who protects the land
2,026 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,923 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 22 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Gosnold and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gosnold'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 56-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.