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Minnechaug Mountain
Nature preserve
258 acres5.6 mi of trail
Old Coach TrailAlgonquin TrailBlue TrailBob's TrailNorth Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hampden
Hampden, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Hampden is conserved land, roughly 1,590 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Minnechaug Mountain (5.6 mi), Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (3.1 mi), and Goat Rock Conservation Area (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hampden, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hampden outdoors
Conserved land
13%
1,590 of 12,493 acres
Trails
22 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
321 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
Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
371 acres3.1 mi of trail
Neff Loop TrailBurgess TrailEast Brook TrailMort & Helen Bates Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Goat Rock Conservation Area
Nature preserve
37 acres1.5 mi of trail
Goat Rock TrailScenic LoopSummit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
West Brook Conservation Area
Nature preserve
44 acres1 mi of trail
Upper West Brook TrailWest Brook TrailGoat Rock Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Hampden Memorial Park
Park
39 acres0.5 mi of trail
Goat Rock TrailWest Brook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Minnechaug Mountain258 acres · 5.6 mi of trail
Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary371 acres · 3.1 mi of trail
Goat Rock Conservation Area37 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
West Brook Conservation Area44 acres · 1 mi of trail
Hampden Memorial Park39 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Town Forest22 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Kibbe Farm66 acres
Scantic River Conservation Land17 acres
Tall Pines17 acres
Skyline Scenic Area1 acres · Northern Connecticut Land Trust
Who protects the land
1,590 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 476 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 52 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
- Tennis5
- Baseball4
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Hampden and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hampden'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.