1
Burncoat Park
Nature preserve
114 acres1.7 mi of trail
Mid State Connector (overgrown)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Leicester
Leicester, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Leicester is conserved land, roughly 2,646 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Burncoat Park (1.7 mi) and Moose Hill Flood Control Site (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Leicester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Leicester outdoors
Conserved land
17%
2,646 of 15,671 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
238 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 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
Moose Hill Flood Control Site
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
101 acres0.5 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Moose Hill Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
105 acres0.2 mi of trail
Midstate Trail/Corridor 71
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
17 acres0.1 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Burncoat Park114 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Moose Hill Flood Control Site101 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Division of State Parks and Recreation
Moose Hill Wildlife Management Area105 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary17 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
J.E. Russell Park13 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Towtaid Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Town Common2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Kettle Brook Parcel1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Rochdale Park9 acres
Community Field5 acres
Who protects the land
2,646 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 88 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 53 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball7
- Tennis5
- Basketball3
- Football2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Leicester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Leicester'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.