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Cookson State Forest
Nature preserve
1,955 acres7.1 mi of trail
blue blazes
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · New Marlborough
New Marlborough, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 31% of New Marlborough is conserved land, roughly 9,569 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cookson State Forest (7.1 mi), Steepletop (2.3 mi), and Questing Reservation (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Marlborough, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Marlborough outdoors
Conserved land
31%
9,569 of 30,469 acres
Trails
26 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
6,375 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
Steepletop
Managed by Berkshire Natural Resources Council
1,152 acres2.3 mi of trail
Edie's Way (South Loop)Louise Lane (North Loop)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Questing Reservation
Nature preserve
407 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Sandisfield State Forest
Nature preserve
968 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 17 parks & preserves
- Campbell Falls State Park Reserve3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sandisfield / New Marlboro Wce (Hoppins Lot)278 ac
- Donnelly Cr152 ac
- Suter Farm144 ac
- Campbells Falls State Park138 ac
- Beartown State Forest97 ac
- Smith-Alexander & Clark Farms63 ac
- Whiting River Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC)43 ac · Directions
- Corn Warrior, Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)38 ac
- Lumbert Cross Road Preserve, New Marlborough Land Trust37 ac · Directions
- Konkapot River Access11 ac
- Old Inn On The Green Cr10 ac
- Umpachene Falls Park7 ac
Who protects the land
9,569 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4,215 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 19 of 189 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
- Tennis5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
New Marlborough and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Marlborough | 31.4% | 25.7 mi | 17 |
| Monterey | 45.3% | 27.2 mi | 13 |
| Sheffield | 35.2% | 36.2 mi | 23 |
| Sandisfield | 36.9% | 32.3 mi | 16 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Marlborough'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 25-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.