1
Mount Misery Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Lincoln
222 acres6.4 mi of trail
Bay Circuit TrailAdams Woods - Mt Misery Path
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lincoln
Lincoln, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 35% of Lincoln is conserved land, roughly 3,349 acres. There are about 80 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mount Misery Conservation Area (6.4 mi), Flints Pond Conservation Area (5.3 mi), and Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary (5.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lincoln, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lincoln outdoors
Conserved land
35%
3,349 of 9,530 acres
Trails
80 mi
5.4 mi per sq mi · 54 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
66
482 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 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
Flints Pond Conservation Area
Nature preserve
289 acres5.3 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
Managed by Mass Audubon
166 acres5.3 mi of trail
Forest Discovery TrailDrumlin LoopHayfield LoopOverlook ConnectorBeeline Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Pine Hill Conservation Area
Nature preserve
315 acres5.2 mi of trail
Pine Hill Spur
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Minute Man National Historical Park
Managed by National Park Service
406 acres4.6 mi of trail
Battle Road Trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
6
Walden Pond State Reservation
Nature preserve
78 acres2.8 mi of trail
Hemlock PathEsker TrailPine Ridge TrailHeywood's Meadow PathEmerson's Cliff Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Trailer Parking
7
Wheeler Farm
Nature preserve
94 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Tanners Brook Conservation Area
Nature preserve
107 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 60 parks & preserves
- Adams Woods72 ac · 1.9 mi trail · Directions
- Beaver Pond Conservation Area74 ac · 1.7 mi trail · Directions
- Farrar Pond Conservation Trust26 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Baker Bridge Fields Conservation Land98 ac · 1.5 mi trail · Directions
- Bergen-Culver Conservation Land81 ac · 1.4 mi trail · Directions
- Codman East Conservation Land50 ac · 1.4 mi trail · Directions
- Codman South Conservation Land53 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Fernald Woods50 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Walden Woods Project31 ac · 1.2 mi trail
- Osborne Farm Conservation Area38 ac · 1 mi trail
- Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust31 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Codman North Conservation Land83 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Pierce Park30 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum28 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Ricci Farm95 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Flint Fields24 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- McDowell Woods74 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Pigeon Hill Conservation Area51 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Farrar Village Conservation Trust37 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Dean-Condit Conservation Land14 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Farm Meadow Conservation Land46 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Smith Hill Conservation Restriction11 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Browning Fields22 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Brooks Hill Conservation Restriction16 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Stony Brook South Conservation Land15 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Pierce Hill Conservation Area15 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Silver Hill Bog Conservation Area29 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Muster Field13 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Town Well16 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Harrington Conservation Project13 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Farrar Pond Wildlife Sanctuary13 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Donaldson Field13 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Twin Pond Conservation Area11 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Stonehedge Conservation Land7 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Old Sudbury Road Conservation Land21 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Umbrello Conservation Land20 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Smith-Andover Field7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Mass Audubon Headquarters37 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Valley Brook Conservation Area24 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Valley Pond Conservation Restriction16 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Old Concord Road Site13 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Spencer Land6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Longmeadow5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Conant Land5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pine Loch Conservation Area2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cambridge Water Supply Land196 ac
- Codman Community Farm20 ac · Directions
- FIt Trail Park and Playground16 ac · Directions
- Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge9 ac
- Woods End8 ac · Directions
- Farrar Meadow Conservation Area7 ac · Directions
- Hiddenwood Path6 ac
Who protects the land
3,349 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,252 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 28 of 478 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 lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis56
- Basketball10
- Baseball9
- Equestrian4
- Beach volleyball4
- Soccer3
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Lincoln and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lincoln'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.