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Middlefield State Forest
Nature preserve
2,331 acres4.1 mi of trail
Factory Brook Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Middlefield
Middlefield, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 48% of Middlefield is conserved land, roughly 7,382 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Middlefield State Forest (4.1 mi), Walnut Hill WMA (3.6 mi), and Fox Den WMA (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middlefield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middlefield outdoors
Conserved land
48%
7,382 of 15,348 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 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.
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Walnut Hill Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
848 acres3.6 mi of trail
Keystone Arch Bridges TrailPontoosuc TurnpikeBoston and Albany Railroad
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
Fox Den Wildlife Management Area
Managed by MassWildlife
1,724 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Boulder Grange Conservation Area
Nature preserve
466 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Middlefield State Forest2,331 acres · 4.1 mi of trail
Walnut Hill Wildlife Management Area848 acres · 3.6 mi of trail · Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
Fox Den Wildlife Management Area1,724 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · MassWildlife
Glendale Falls72 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Boulder Grange Conservation Area466 acres
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge134 acres · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Westfield River Division134 acres · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Westfield Preserve84 acres
McElwain-Olsen Property70 acres
Arthur Pease Road Conservation Area23 acres
Who protects the land
7,382 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 492 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 68 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Middlefield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlefield | 48.1% | 11.4 mi | 10 |
| Becket | 23.5% | 31.4 mi | 11 |
| Worthington | 37.4% | 12.6 mi | 7 |
| Peru | 48.7% | 23.4 mi | 6 |
| Chester | 30.3% | 25.0 mi | 12 |
| Washington | 68.1% | 70.5 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middlefield'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.