1
H.O. Cook State Forest
Nature preserve
897 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Heath
Heath, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Heath is conserved land, roughly 3,466 acres. There are about 3.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in H.O. Cook State Forest (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Heath, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Heath outdoors
Conserved land
22%
3,466 of 15,863 acres
Trails
3.2 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
named on the map
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
Town Land
Nature preserve
318 acres0.2 mi of trail
Flagg Hill Road Branch
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Crowningshield Conservation Area
Managed by Franklin Land Trust
251 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Howland Memorial Forest
Nature preserve
68 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
- Dell Road Conservation Area63 ac
- West Branch Wildlife Sanctuary51 ac
- Maitland Memorial Forest39 ac
- Fort Shirley32 ac
- Harriet Carpenter Read Forest12 ac
Who protects the land
3,466 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,900 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 90 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
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Heath and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heath | 21.9% | 3.2 mi | 9 |
| Charlemont | 22.7% | 42.3 mi | 3 |
| Rowe | 26.6% | 36.8 mi | 7 |
| Colrain | 22.3% | 33.9 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Heath'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.