1
Horse Pond
Nature preserve
87 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · North Brookfield
North Brookfield, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of North Brookfield is conserved land, roughly 2,238 acres. There are about 4.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Horse Pond (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in North Brookfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
North Brookfield outdoors
Conserved land
16%
2,238 of 13,961 acres
Trails
4.5 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
470 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
Five Mile River Access
Nature preserve
217 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Doane Pond
Nature preserve
93 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Town Forest
Nature preserve
60 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
- Richardson Wildlife Management Area50 ac
- Bell Hill27 ac
- Brooks Pond8 ac
- Crooks Cross Road6 ac
- North Brookfield Common5 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,238 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,146 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 72 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
- Tennis4
- Basketball4
- Soccer2
- Baseball2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
North Brookfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Brookfield | 16% | 4.5 mi | 9 |
| Brookfield | 32.9% | 11.4 mi | 7 |
| East Brookfield | 24.3% | 6.8 mi | 6 |
| West Brookfield | 23.8% | 5.9 mi | 9 |
| New Braintree | 18.4% | 1.3 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about North Brookfield'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.