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Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
1,506 acres22.3 mi of trail
Plain Road BranchBartlett Road Branch
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Montague Plains Trailhead Parking
Outdoors · Montague
Montague, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 42% of Montague is conserved land, roughly 8,324 acres. There are about 70 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Montague Plains WMA (22.3 mi), Montague WMA (5.9 mi), and Watershed Protection Area (5.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Montague, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Montague outdoors
Conserved land
42%
8,324 of 19,995 acres
Trails
70 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi · 47 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
981 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.2 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 2.9 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
Montague Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
1,828 acres5.9 mi of trail
Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Watershed Protection Area
Nature preserve
1,483 acres5.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Montague State Forest
Nature preserve
604 acres3.9 mi of trail
Robert Frost Trail (Orange)Dry Hill Connector
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Carson Conservation Restriction
Nature preserve
89 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Sawmill River Access
Nature preserve
56 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Connecticut River Greenway State Park
Nature preserve
253 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Bitzer Fish Hatchery
Nature preserve
153 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 15 parks & preserves
- Peskeomskut Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Unity Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Mount Toby State Forest8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Millers Falls Riverfront Public Access2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Connecticut River Access70 ac
- Wendell State Forest1 ac · Directions
- Laurel Hill1 ac
Who protects the land
8,324 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,606 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 205 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball9
- Tennis6
- Basketball5
- Football2
- Field hockey1
- Soccer1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Montague and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montague | 41.6% | 70.0 mi | 15 |
| Erving | 33.7% | 35.1 mi | 8 |
| Wendell | 61.1% | 60.2 mi | 8 |
| Deerfield | 18.6% | 63.0 mi | 8 |
| Gill | 21.9% | 27.1 mi | 2 |
| Greenfield | 19.4% | 37.4 mi | 22 |
| Sunderland | 40.9% | 34.9 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Montague'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 22.4-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.