1
Peaked Mountain Tract
Managed by The Trustees of Reservations
310 acres6.3 mi of trail
Roslyn's TurnpikeValley View TrailOrchard TrailSkid RowAnnette's Nature Pathway
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Monson
Monson, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Monson is conserved land, roughly 5,133 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Peaked Mountain Tract (6.3 mi), Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary (5.8 mi), and Miller Forest Tract (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Monson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Monson outdoors
Conserved land
18%
5,133 of 28,490 acres
Trails
29 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
631 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
Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary
Managed by Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary
1,427 acres5.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Miller Forest Tract
Nature preserve
121 acres2.1 mi of trail
Miller Forest LoopLinden Pond LoopRidge TrailPipeline TrailThe Ice Chute
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Flynt Park
Park
146 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Temple Brook Conservation Area
Nature preserve
88 acres0.7 mi of trail
Temple Brook TrailPipeline Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Brimfield State Forest
Nature preserve
199 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dean Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 11 parks & preserves
- Myra Moulton Museum35 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cedar Swamp56 ac
- Allard Property40 ac
- Mitchell Property19 ac
- Shenipsit State Forest1 ac
Who protects the land
5,133 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,434 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 97 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
- Baseball7
- Soccer3
- Tennis2
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Monson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monson | 18% | 28.9 mi | 11 |
| Palmer Town | 16.9% | 12.4 mi | 10 |
| Brimfield | 14% | 27.0 mi | 7 |
| Wales | 46.6% | 20.9 mi | 2 |
| Hampden | 12.7% | 21.6 mi | 12 |
| Stafford | 25.9% | 74.0 mi | 37 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Monson'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 23.8-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.