1
Beartown State Forest
Nature preserve
3,719 acres14.8 mi of trail
Appalachian TrailMount Wilcox TrailSky Peak TrailPond Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo trail parking
Outdoors · Monterey
Monterey, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 45% of Monterey is conserved land, roughly 7,892 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Beartown State Forest (14.8 mi), Bidwell House Museum, Gardens and Trails (5.1 mi), and Bob's Way (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Monterey, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Monterey outdoors
Conserved land
45%
7,892 of 17,429 acres
Trails
27 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
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.
2
Bidwell House Museum, Gardens and Trails
Managed by Bidwell House Museum
197 acres5.1 mi of trail
Loom Brook TrailMeeting House Loop TrailRoyal Hemlock TrailTurkeybush TrailSugarbush Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Overflow Parking Field
3
Bob's Way
Managed by Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)
116 acres1.2 mi of trail
Cathcart CrossingTruman Doud Crossing
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo Bob's Way Parking
4
Appalachian Trail Corridor
Managed by National Park Service
61 acres0.7 mi of trail
Appalachian Trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo trail parking
5
Steadman Pond Reserve
Managed by Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)
346 acres0.3 mi of trail
Charcoal Hearth Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
- Tyringham Wildlife Conservation Easement379 ac
- Fawyer Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)90 ac
- Swan Road Properties Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC)41 ac
- Somers Reserve31 ac
- Berkshire Natural Resources Council, Inc.20 ac
- Smith-Alexander & Clark Farms14 ac
- Swan-Dunlop Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC)6 ac
- Bidwell Park3 ac
Who protects the land
7,892 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,230 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 22 of 137 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
- Tennis13
- Basketball5
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Monterey and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey | 45.3% | 27.2 mi | 13 |
| New Marlborough | 31.4% | 25.7 mi | 17 |
| Sandisfield | 36.9% | 32.3 mi | 16 |
| Tyringham | 38.6% | 18.3 mi | 12 |
| Great Barrington | 43.5% | 62.1 mi | 33 |
| Otis | 35.5% | 4.7 mi | 11 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Monterey'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 20.9-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.