1
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park
Park
599 acres9.7 mi of trail
Wind UpGreenway TrailPlummer's TrailKing Phillip's TrailCanal Towpath
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Northbridge
Northbridge, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Northbridge is conserved land, roughly 1,895 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park (9.7 mi), West Hill WMA (6.3 mi), and West Hill Park (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Northbridge, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Northbridge outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,895 of 11,481 acres
Trails
46 mi
2.6 mi per sq mi · 29 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
115 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
West Hill Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
203 acres6.3 mi of trail
OscarRomeoLimaHotelDelta
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
West Hill Park
Park
67 acres2.6 mi of trail
QuebecGolfSelf-guided Nature TrailOscarFoxtrot
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
E. Kent Swift Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
169 acres1.4 mi of trail
IndiaMikeJuliet
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Upton State Forest
Nature preserve
147 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Castle Hill Farm Conservation Land
Nature preserve
89 acres1.3 mi of trail
Huckleberry TrailYellowthroat TrailVernal Pool PathUpper Meadow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
- Fletcher Street Conservation Land33 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Northbridge Town Common1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Whitin Park Playground6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Arcade Pond27 ac · Directions
- Mason Property18 ac
- Riley Pond Conservation Area16 ac
- Lasell Field10 ac · Directions
- Bernetts Pasture6 ac
- Rockdale Playground6 ac
- Plummer Playground1 ac
- Electric Pond1 ac
- Rockdale Park1 ac
Who protects the land
1,895 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 331 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 54 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
- Blackstone River Greenway (MA) (bike route)1.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball10
- Tennis10
- Soccer5
- Basketball3
- Football1
- Beach volleyball1
- Lacrosse1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Northbridge and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Northbridge'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.