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Merrimac Town Forest
Nature preserve
321 acres5.9 mi of trail
Long Hill TrailCobbler's Brook TrailTown Forest TrailCurrier TrailGlen Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Merrimac
Merrimac, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Merrimac is conserved land, roughly 771 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Merrimac Town Forest (5.9 mi), Perkins Conservation Area (1.2 mi), and Silver Brook Farm (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Merrimac, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Merrimac outdoors
Conserved land
14%
771 of 5,659 acres
Trails
14 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
114 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.7 mi
0.1 mi lanes · 2.1 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.
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Perkins Conservation Area
Nature preserve
106 acres1.2 mi of trail
Marshview TrailInnis Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Silver Brook Farm
Nature preserve
85 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Beaver Pond Conservation Area
Managed by Essex County Greenbelt
39 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
Merrimac Town Forest321 acres · 5.9 mi of trail
Perkins Conservation Area106 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Silver Brook Farm85 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Beaver Pond Conservation Area39 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Essex County Greenbelt
Carriagetown Park17 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Mildred Perkins Conservation Area13 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Poplar Hill Open Space25 acres
Cobblers Brook Greenway23 acres
Madison Way Open Space16 acres
Abbey Road Open Space16 acres
Who protects the land
771 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 431 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 37 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer2
- Tennis2
- Baseball2
- Softball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Merrimac and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimac | 13.6% | 14.2 mi | 15 |
| West Newbury | 25.6% | 25.3 mi | 27 |
| Newton | 13.3% | 9.2 mi | 12 |
| Amesbury | 10.6% | 33.5 mi | 34 |
| Haverhill | 17.9% | 68.0 mi | 32 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Merrimac'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.