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Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
106 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hudson
Hudson, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Hudson is conserved land, roughly 1,067 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest (2.8 mi), Danforth Creek Property (2.1 mi), and Old North Road Conservation Land (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hudson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hudson outdoors
Conserved land
14%
1,067 of 7,551 acres
Trails
22 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
27
53 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.6 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 6.3 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
Danforth Creek Property
Nature preserve
62 acres2.1 mi of trail
Danforth LoopDanforth
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Old North Road Conservation Land
Nature preserve
25 acres0.8 mi of trail
Cart PathDeer LoopFern GullyPipeline Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
41 acres0.6 mi of trail
Fisher Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Goodale Memorial Forest
Nature preserve
30 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Riverside Park
Park
29 acres0.5 mi of trail
Assabet river nature trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Morse Property
Nature preserve
15 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 27 parks & preserves
- Chestnut Street Natural Area17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Buteau Conservation Land14 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- O"Donnell Field14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wood Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Apsley Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pierce Estates4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Fosgate Town Forest21 ac
- Albertini/Meers Conservation Area16 ac
- Potash Hill Water Tank14 ac
- Kane Well12 ac · Directions
- Forest Avenue Conservation Area11 ac
- Buteau Land11 ac · Directions
- Rivers Edge Estate Former Driving Range11 ac
- Rounttop Water Tank8 ac
- Crystal Springs4 ac
- Boutwell Memorial Park4 ac · Directions
- Moulton Field3 ac
- Cherry Street Field and Playground3 ac · Directions
- Cellucci Park1 ac · Directions
- Hudson Skate Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,067 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 69 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 67 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis13
- Baseball10
- Pickleball10
- Soccer5
- Tracks4
- Softball3
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Hudson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | 14.1% | 21.8 mi | 27 |
| Stow | 31.2% | 72.4 mi | 34 |
| Berlin | 28.9% | 34.9 mi | 9 |
| Bolton | 29.4% | 64.5 mi | 38 |
| Marlborough | 17.7% | 57.7 mi | 32 |
| Sudbury | 28.7% | 56.8 mi | 65 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hudson'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.