1
Willowdale State Forest
Nature preserve
2,188 acres41.7 mi of trail
Willowdale Road WestTornadoFoundTurtle HillRoot Canal
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Linebrook Parking
Outdoors · Ipswich
Ipswich, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 39% of Ipswich is conserved land, roughly 10,529 acres. There are about 103 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Willowdale State Forest (41.7 mi), Crane Estate (10.7 mi), and Dow / Bull Brook Reservoir Lands (3.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ipswich, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ipswich outdoors
Conserved land
39%
10,529 of 26,976 acres
Trails
103 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 93 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
82
756 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.3 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
Crane Estate
Nature preserve
1,682 acres10.7 mi of trail
Red TrailGreen TrailCedar Point Access TrailYellow TrailBlack Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Dow / Bull Brook Reservoir Lands
Nature preserve
349 acres3.7 mi of trail
Bull Brook Reservoir TrailBay Circuit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Appleton Farms
Nature preserve
490 acres3.3 mi of trail
The Plains LoopFarmstead LoopBriar Hill trailGrass Rides Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
1,009 acres2.4 mi of trail
Stage Island TrailPines TrailsLot 5 BoardwalkLot 6 BoardwalkLot 5 Connector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Pines Lot
6
Julia Bird Reservation
Nature preserve
56 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Daniel Boone Park
Park
65 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Kamon Farm Conservation Area
Nature preserve
97 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 82 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 82 parks & preserves
Willowdale State Forest2,188 acres · 41.7 mi of trail
Crane Estate1,682 acres · 10.7 mi of trail
Dow / Bull Brook Reservoir Lands349 acres · 3.7 mi of trail
Appleton Farms490 acres · 3.3 mi of trail
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge1,009 acres · 2.4 mi of trail
Julia Bird Reservation56 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Daniel Boone Park65 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Kamon Farm Conservation Area97 acres · 1 mi of trail
Strawberry Hill Conservation Area69 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Castle Neck River Reservation33 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Who protects the land
10,529 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,738 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 58 of 392 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 paths1.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis22
- Baseball12
- Basketball6
- Football1
- Pickleball1
- Skate park1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Ipswich and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ipswich'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 31.4-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.