1
Trout Brook Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Holden Conservation Commission
662 acres6.8 mi of trail
Blue Dot Trail (Bob Elms)White Dot TrailRed Dot TrailWhite Oak TrailShort Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Holden
Holden, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 44% of Holden is conserved land, roughly 10,071 acres. There are about 66 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Trout Brook Conservation Area (6.8 mi), Eagle Lake Wildlife Refuge (3 mi), and Cascades West (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Holden, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Holden outdoors
Conserved land
44%
10,071 of 23,104 acres
Trails
66 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 47 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
502 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.7 mi
2.0 mi lanes · 10.6 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
Eagle Lake Wildlife Refuge
Managed by Mass Audubon
396 acres3 mi of trail
Appleton LoopAsnebumskit LoopPipeline TrailAlder Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cascades West
Nature preserve
99 acres2 mi of trail
Meadow Ridge TrailSilver Spring Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Holbrook Forest
Nature preserve
84 acres1.8 mi of trail
Blackberry TrailKinneywood LoopCousins' RockWall Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Poutwater Pond Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
393 acres1.5 mi of trail
White Oak Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
KinneyWoods
Nature preserve
52 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dresser LoopCross Loop TrailCrystal Pond Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Wachusett Reservoir Watershed
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
1,102 acres1.4 mi of trail
White Oak Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
White Oak Land
Nature preserve
93 acres1 mi of trail
White Oak Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 16 parks & preserves
- Eagle Lake Town Beach13 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- White Property6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Quinapoxet River Access36 ac · Directions
- Wachusett Valley Estates Conservation Area27 ac
- Laurel Woods Wildlife Sanctry17 ac
- Conservation Land12 ac
- Kimball Park9 ac
- Winthrop Oaks Park6 ac
Who protects the land
10,071 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,174 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 252 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths10.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis24
- Baseball13
- Soccer8
- Basketball5
- Softball2
- Beach volleyball1
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Holden and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holden | 43.6% | 66.1 mi | 16 |
| Paxton | 40.4% | 20.1 mi | 8 |
| Rutland | 44.5% | 30.2 mi | 10 |
| West Boylston | 41% | 11.7 mi | 4 |
| Princeton | 49.1% | 66.3 mi | 20 |
| Sterling | 37% | 25.7 mi | 19 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Holden'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 25.9-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.