1
Old Town Hill Reservation
Nature preserve
545 acres6.3 mi of trail
Little's TrailRidge TrailAdams Pasture TrailRiver TrailNorth Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Parking Lot 1
Outdoors · Newbury
Newbury, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 46% of Newbury is conserved land, roughly 7,696 acres. There are about 49 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Old Town Hill Reservation (6.3 mi), Martin H. Burns WMA (5.6 mi), and William Forward WMA (4.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Newbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Newbury outdoors
Conserved land
46%
7,696 of 16,729 acres
Trails
49 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 29 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
54
1,136 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.6 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 0.2 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
Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
1,552 acres5.6 mi of trail
Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
William Forward Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
1,294 acres4.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Parker River Canoe Launch Parking
4
Crane Pond Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Department of Fish And Game
317 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
2,222 acres1.2 mi of trail
Beach Buggy Access 1Lot 3 BoardwalkLot 2 BoardwalkDune Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Caldwell Farm Open Space
Nature preserve
92 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Old Town Hill Reservation (Barton Humphrey's Lots)
Nature preserve
54 acres0.8 mi of trail
Barton-Humphreys TrailBH3
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Wet Meadows
Managed by City of Newburyport
47 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 54 parks & preserves
- Jennie Lagoulis Reservation28 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Hans Morris Reservation27 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Donald Woodland39 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Great Meadow97 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area62 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Graf Reservation304 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Barton/Humphreys (Greenbelt)23 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Ingram's Saltmarsh11 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Common Pasture10 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Newman Farm Meadow4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Clipper City Rail Trail2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- North Shore Salt Marsh43 ac
- Scotland Woods39 ac
- Triton Regional Schools Land33 ac
- Knight's Common33 ac
- Williams Salt Marsh29 ac
- Amelia Little Saltmarsh28 ac
- Hoopes Saltmarsh25 ac
- Hayden Saltmarsh24 ac · Directions
- Hiller19 ac
- Wilson Saltmarsh17 ac · Directions
- Newbury Perennial Gardens15 ac · Directions
- Avery Pine Island15 ac
- Stilt Pond Reservation14 ac
- Seagate Open Space13 ac
- Wilson Woodland10 ac
- Hackers Island Reservation10 ac
- Town Forest9 ac · Directions
- Colby Village Open Space8 ac · Directions
- J. Lee Potter Memorial Reservation8 ac
- Johnson Oak Island7 ac
- Pearson Marsh6 ac
- Kent Way Land6 ac
- Joseph Moody Meadow5 ac
- Lower Green4 ac · Directions
- Little River Marsh3 ac
- Plumbush Saltmarsh3 ac · Directions
- Wayside Avenue3 ac
- Avery Pine Island Parcel B2 ac
- Johnson Woodlot2 ac
- Island North of Bridge2 ac
- Hyde2 ac
- Gray Adams Reservation1 ac
- Middle Road1 ac · Directions
- J. Lee Potter Meadow1 ac
- Little River frontage1 ac
Who protects the land
7,696 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,393 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 214 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Georgetown-Byfield Rail Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis20
- Tracks16
- Baseball11
- Soccer5
- Lacrosse4
- Football4
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Newbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 46% | 48.6 mi | 54 |
| Rowley | 32.5% | 28.7 mi | 46 |
| West Newbury | 25.6% | 25.3 mi | 27 |
| Newburyport | 16.8% | 39.1 mi | 28 |
| Georgetown | 25.5% | 43.1 mi | 29 |
| Groveland | 16.4% | 23.7 mi | 22 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Newbury'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 22.2-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.