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Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
879 acres10.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Burrage Pond
Outdoors · Halifax
Halifax, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Halifax is conserved land, roughly 2,520 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Burrage Pond WMA (10.5 mi), Wildlands Trust - Striar Conservancy (1.1 mi), and Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Halifax, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Halifax outdoors
Conserved land
23%
2,520 of 11,061 acres
Trails
34 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
325 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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
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.
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Wildlands Trust - Striar Conservancy
Nature preserve
162 acres1.1 mi of trail
Main TrailSide LoopRiverview Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
228 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Peterson Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
248 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area879 acres · 10.5 mi of trail
Wildlands Trust - Striar Conservancy162 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary228 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Peterson Swamp Wildlife Management Area248 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Town of Halifax Randall-Hilliard Preserve84 acres
Conservation Land Off Hayward St21 acres
Taunton River Wildlife Management Area13 acres
Cons Land Off Indian Path Rd4 acres
Cons Land Off Pratt St3 acres
Richmond Park3 acres · Town Of Halifax
Who protects the land
2,520 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 172 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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
- Baseball7
- Tennis4
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Halifax and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax | 22.8% | 34.1 mi | 11 |
| Pembroke | 17.6% | 31.7 mi | 16 |
| Bridgewater Town | 19.1% | 18.5 mi | 24 |
| Plympton | 2.8% | 39.9 mi | 3 |
| Hanson | 19.1% | 38.1 mi | 11 |
| East Bridgewater | 11.3% | 4.9 mi | 29 |
| Middleborough | 20.4% | 97.5 mi | 21 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Halifax'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.