1
Bradley Palmer State Park
Nature preserve
485 acres11.2 mi of trail
Bay Circuit TrailSkull Face
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hamilton
Hamilton, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 37% of Hamilton is conserved land, roughly 3,476 acres. There are about 62 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bradley Palmer State Park (11.2 mi), Appleton Farms Grass Rides (7.4 mi), and Manchester Watershed (5.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hamilton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hamilton outdoors
Conserved land
37%
3,476 of 9,487 acres
Trails
62 mi
4.2 mi per sq mi · 37 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
27
457 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.
2
Appleton Farms Grass Rides
Nature preserve
282 acres7.4 mi of trail
Grass Rides LoopC.L.A. MileBay Circuit TrailPinnacle Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Highland Street Parking Lot
3
Manchester Watershed
Nature preserve
267 acres5.9 mi of trail
Swamp RatQuick Zipper
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
John J. Donovan Reservation
Managed by Essex County Greenbelt
171 acres3.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Harvard Forest
Nature preserve
107 acres2.5 mi of trail
Discover Hamilton TrailBay Circuit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Appleton Farms
Nature preserve
177 acres2.4 mi of trail
The Plains Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Highland Street Parking Lot
7
Vineyard Hill Reservation
Managed by Essex County Greenbelt
88 acres2.1 mi of trail
Vineyard Hill
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Pingree Woodland
Nature preserve
140 acres2 mi of trail
Bay Circuit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 27 parks & preserves
- Willowdale Mill Reservation24 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Donovan Fields and Woods52 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Riverside14 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary644 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Chebacco Lake State Boat Ramp3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Town Beach2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Essex County Greenbelt Land41 ac
- Bridge Street Well Area23 ac
- ECGA Land22 ac
- Moulton Street Conservation Area17 ac
- Michaela's Woods17 ac
- Patton Park16 ac · Directions
- Taft Woods5 ac
- Patton Wells Area4 ac
- Pleasant Pond3 ac
- Fairhaven Field2 ac
- Helen Warren Richardson2 ac
- Pondview1 ac
- Cutler Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,476 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,503 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 23 of 124 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
- Grass Rides Loop (bike route)1.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis24
- Baseball8
- Soccer7
- Basketball4
- Football2
- Softball1
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Hamilton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 36.6% | 62.0 mi | 27 |
| Ipswich | 39% | 102.7 mi | 82 |
| Topsfield | 34.8% | 30.0 mi | 26 |
| Essex | 27.3% | 37.7 mi | 18 |
| Wenham | 28.4% | 19.7 mi | 21 |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | 9.6% | 43.4 mi | 37 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hamilton'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.