1
Iron Mine Brook Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
77 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Hanover
Hanover, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Hanover is conserved land, roughly 1,401 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Iron Mine Brook Nature Preserve (2 mi), Colby/Phillips Property (1.7 mi), and Plain St. Site (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hanover, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hanover outdoors
Conserved land
14%
1,401 of 9,935 acres
Trails
24 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
35
94 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.8 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
Colby/Phillips Property
Nature preserve
146 acres1.7 mi of trail
Colby Phillips Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Plain St. Site
Nature preserve
55 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Merry Property
Nature preserve
55 acres1.3 mi of trail
Firehouse Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
River Path Conservation Area
Nature preserve
22 acres0.6 mi of trail
Indian Head River Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo IHRT Parking
6
Summer St. Conservation Area
Nature preserve
106 acres0.5 mi of trail
Forge Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Tindale Bog & Beach
Nature preserve
15 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo IHRT Parking
8
Wildlands Trust - Sylvester Field
Managed by Wildlands Trust
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Wildlands Trust - Sylvester Field Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo Wildlands Trust - Sylvester Field Parking Lot
All 35 parks & preserves
- Inhabitants of Plymouth County5 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Wildlands Trust - Melzar Hatch Reservation41 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Wildlands Trust - Longwater Woods Preserve38 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Ellis Playground13 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Hell Swamp88 ac
- Melody Woods41 ac
- Rinear Property23 ac
- Nick Tedeschi Sanctuary14 ac
- Pine Island Swamp14 ac
- Shinglemill Brook Swamp10 ac
- Myrtle Street Playground6 ac · Directions
- Bonney Conservation Land6 ac
- Luddams Ford Park6 ac · Directions
- Dillingham Site6 ac
- Emily Eliz. White Cons. Area5 ac
- Shingle Mill Pond5 ac
- Cross Street Site4 ac
- EPA Research/Conservation Area3 ac · Directions
- South Shore Natural Sci. Ctr.3 ac
- Fireworks Property3 ac
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts3 ac · Directions
- Plymouth Site3 ac
- Old Pond Henderson2 ac
- Briggs Field1 ac · Directions
- Bonney Land1 ac
- Hillside Drive Land1 ac
- Luddams Ford1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,401 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 14 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 83 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 paths0.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball19
- Tennis9
- Basketball4
- Soccer2
- Lacrosse1
- Football1
- Hockey rinks1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Hanover and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hanover'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.