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Middleton Pond
Nature preserve
539 acres10.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Middleton
Middleton, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Middleton is conserved land, roughly 1,813 acres. There are about 40 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Middleton Pond (10.4 mi), Prichard Memorial Forest (1.6 mi), and Town Conservation Land (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middleton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middleton outdoors
Conserved land
20%
1,813 of 9,214 acres
Trails
40 mi
2.8 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
36
185 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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.
2
Prichard Memorial Forest
Nature preserve
138 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Town Conservation Land
Nature preserve
266 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Emerson Brook Reservoir Land
Nature preserve
358 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Pike Messenger Conservation Park
Nature preserve
35 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Lost 50
Nature preserve
51 acres0.8 mi of trail
Lost 50 Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Prichard Woodlot
Nature preserve
131 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Barett Reservation
Nature preserve
95 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 36 parks & preserves
- Cudhea Conservation Restriction46 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Jopp Lot29 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Hatfield Memorial23 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Pine Hill16 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Clapp Woodlot17 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Capt Bill Lot37 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Wildwood Farm Open Space21 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Dolan Ox Pasture4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- ECGA Wilmot2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Essex Street Conservation Area43 ac
- Boxford State Forest33 ac
- Emily Maher Park30 ac · Directions
- ECGA Tragert-Cote29 ac
- Johns Meadow Conservation Area26 ac · Directions
- Harold Parker State Forest25 ac
- Nichols Putnam21 ac
- Conservatiion Land10 ac
- Hocter Park10 ac
- Conservation Land9 ac
- Howe-Manning Recreation Area7 ac · Directions
- Aunt Betts Pond Land6 ac
- Wunnegen Conservation Area4 ac
- Klosowski Woodland4 ac
- Squash Field4 ac · Directions
- Brookfield4 ac
- Esty Lot4 ac
- Henry Tragert Town Common3 ac · Directions
- Essex County Agricultural And Technical Institute2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,813 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 241 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 88 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
- Baseball6
- Soccer5
- Tennis5
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Middleton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middleton'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.