1
October Mountain State Forest
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
1,259 acres8.6 mi of trail
Boulder Trail (orange)Eagle Ledge TrailLedge Trail (blue)Schoolhouse LoopTamarack Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Lee
Lee, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 36% of Lee is conserved land, roughly 6,245 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in October Mountain State Forest (8.6 mi), Beartown State Forest (3.7 mi), and Basin Pond (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lee outdoors
Conserved land
36%
6,245 of 17,181 acres
Trails
26 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
1,092 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.2 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
Beartown State Forest
Nature preserve
688 acres3.7 mi of trail
Laura Lookout trailOld Wildcat TrailBeebe TrailBurgoyne Pass (old road)ski trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Basin Pond
Managed by Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)
268 acres2.1 mi of trail
Basin Pond Upper RouteBasin Pond Lower RouteBasin Pond TrailDam Spur Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Appalachian Trail Corridor
Managed by National Park Service
218 acres1.1 mi of trail
Appalachian TrailBlue Blaze Trail to UGP Cabin
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo AT parking
5
Goose Pond Reservation
Nature preserve
104 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Town of Lee Water Department Land
Nature preserve
654 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Ferncliff Property
Nature preserve
18 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
George L. Darey Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
66 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 19 parks & preserves
- Landers Road Reserve367 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Athletic Field4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hop Brook Wildlife Management Area353 ac
- Longcope Property45 ac
- Dunn Park32 ac · Directions
- Housatonic Fishing Access, Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)19 ac · Directions
- Abbey Court Park7 ac
- Edith Wharton Park3 ac
- Little League Field3 ac
- East Lee Park2 ac
- Alsop Reserve1 ac
Who protects the land
6,245 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,835 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 84 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 paths0.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Basketball2
- Baseball2
- Pickleball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Lee and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | 36.3% | 25.5 mi | 19 |
| Lenox | 35.4% | 35.6 mi | 23 |
| Washington | 68.1% | 70.5 mi | 7 |
| Stockbridge | 25.4% | 16.6 mi | 25 |
| Tyringham | 38.6% | 18.3 mi | 12 |
| Becket | 23.5% | 31.4 mi | 11 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lee'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 22.9-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.