1
Webster Conservation Area
Nature preserve
92 acres3.3 mi of trail
Green TrailBlue TrailRed TrailGreen/Blue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Newton
Newton, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Newton is conserved land, roughly 1,686 acres. There are about 48 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Webster Conservation Area (3.3 mi), Cold Spring Park (3.3 mi), and Hammond Pond Reservation (2.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Newton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Newton outdoors
Conserved land
15%
1,686 of 11,551 acres
Trails
48 mi
2.7 mi per sq mi · 32 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
72
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
32.1 mi
16.6 mi lanes · 7.7 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
Cold Spring Park
Managed by City of Newton Parks and Recreation Department
69 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hammond Pond Reservation
Nature preserve
52 acres2.3 mi of trail
Blue TrailRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Nahanton Park
Park
57 acres1.8 mi of trail
Rough Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Edmands Park
Park
36 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Cutler Park
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
86 acres1.6 mi of trail
Helen Heyn Riverway (Blue Heron)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Sudbury Aqueduct Trail
Managed by Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
13 acres1.2 mi of trail
Sudbury Aqueduct TrailAquaduct Path (Dead End)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Auburndale Playground "The Cove"
Managed by City of Newton Parks and Recreation Department
35 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Houghton Garden Conservation Area11 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Kennard Conservation Area32 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Flowed Meadow Conservation Area22 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Norumbega Conservation Area14 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Dolan Pond Conservation Area10 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Cabot Park12 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Heartbreak Hill Park at Waban Hill Reservoir6 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Helen Heyn Conservation Area34 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Newton Centre Playground17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Old Deer Park Conservation Area17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Russell J. Halloran Sports and Recreation Complex16 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Kennard Park16 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Charles River Reservation15 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Newton Highlands Playground13 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Forte Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hunnewell Playground5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hemlock Gorge Reservation4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Forest Grove Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Officer Bobby Braceland Playground8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Cheesecake Brook Greenway8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Charles Cohen Conservation Area8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Stearns Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Oakdale Woods Conservation Area3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Boyd Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Crystal Lake Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Frank Barney Conservation Area2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Hunnewell Woods2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Upper Falls Riverwalk Conservation Area1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Varick Woods1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Saw Mill Brook Conservation Area28 ac
- Weeks Park12 ac
- Kesseler Woods Conservation Area12 ac
- Richard J. McGrath Park10 ac · Directions
- Charles River Wildlife Management Area7 ac · Directions
- Webster Park7 ac
- Hamilton Playground6 ac
- Warren Lincoln Playground5 ac
- Burr Park5 ac · Directions
- Baldpate Meadow Conservation Area5 ac
- Hahn Brook Conservation Area4 ac
- Joanne C. Pellegrini Memorial Playground4 ac · Directions
- Goddard-Christina Conservation Area4 ac
- Farlow Park4 ac · Directions
- West Newton Commons4 ac · Directions
- Richardson Playground3 ac
- Emerson Playground2 ac
- Pigeon Hill Park2 ac
- Wellington Playground2 ac
- Chaffin Park2 ac · Directions
- Davis Playground1 ac · Directions
- Washington Park1 ac
- Islington Oval1 ac
Who protects the land
1,686 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 157 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 21 of 185 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes16.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes7.8 mi
- East Coast Greenway (MA) (bike route)0.6 mi
- Charles River Path (bike route)0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis101
- Baseball40
- Basketball33
- Soccer16
- Pickleball10
- Football5
- Softball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Newton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Newton'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-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.