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Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
952 acres8.6 mi of trail
Indian Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Burrage Pond
Outdoors · Hanson
Hanson, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of Hanson is conserved land, roughly 1,911 acres. There are about 38 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Burrage Pond WMA (8.6 mi), Poor Meadow Brook Wildlife Conservation Easement (2.4 mi), and Poor Meadow Brook Conservation Area (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hanson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hanson outdoors
Conserved land
19%
1,911 of 10,010 acres
Trails
38 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
179 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
Poor Meadow Brook Wildlife Conservation Easement
Nature preserve
111 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Smith-Nawazelski Conservation
3
Poor Meadow Brook Conservation Area
Nature preserve
131 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Plymouth County Conservation
Nature preserve
10 acres0.2 mi of trail
Indian Head River Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo IHRT Parking
All 11 parks & preserves
- Rocky Run Conservation Area4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Waldo Drake Conservation Area9 ac
- Memorial Field9 ac
- Drinkwater River Conservation Area4 ac
- Daws Meadow3 ac
- Town Hall Park3 ac · Directions
- Old Cemetery Potter's Field1 ac
Who protects the land
1,911 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 346 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 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
- Baseball13
- Tennis5
- Basketball4
- Soccer2
- Football1
- Tracks1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Hanson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanson | 19.1% | 38.1 mi | 11 |
| Hanover | 14.1% | 23.7 mi | 35 |
| Pembroke | 17.6% | 31.7 mi | 16 |
| Halifax | 22.8% | 34.1 mi | 11 |
| East Bridgewater | 11.3% | 4.9 mi | 29 |
| Whitman | 10.6% | 2.1 mi | 15 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hanson'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.