1
Steer Swamp Conservation Area
Nature preserve
47 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Marblehead
Marblehead, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.4% of Marblehead is conserved land, roughly 296 acres. There are about 8.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Steer Swamp Conservation Area (1.6 mi), Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (0.8 mi), and Forest River Conservation Area (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Marblehead, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Marblehead outdoors
Conserved land
2.4%
296 of 12,456 acres
Trails
8.5 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.3 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
Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
18 acres0.8 mi of trail
Warbler TrailAudubon TrailVireo LoopBoardwalk TrailMiddle Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Forest River Conservation Area
Managed by City of Salem Conservation Commission
27 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Seaside Park
Park
15 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Robinson Farm Conservation Area
Nature preserve
11 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Wyman Woods
Nature preserve
34 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Hawthorn Pond Conservation Area
Nature preserve
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Gerry Playground
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 23 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 23 parks & preserves
Steer Swamp Conservation Area47 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary18 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Forest River Conservation Area27 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · City of Salem Conservation Commission
Seaside Park15 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Robinson Farm Conservation Area11 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Wyman Woods34 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Hawthorn Pond Conservation Area11 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Gerry Playground7 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Crowninshield Island9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Crocker Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
296 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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 paths3.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis25
- Baseball10
- Soccer6
- Basketball4
- Pickleball4
- Football2
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Marblehead and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marblehead | 2.4% | 8.5 mi | 23 |
| Salem | 11.8% | 26.7 mi | 39 |
| Swampscott | 8.1% | 4.7 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Marblehead'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.