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Cape Cod National Seashore
Managed by National Park Service
3,739 acres6 mi of trail
Nauset Beach OSM Route
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
Outdoors · Orleans
Orleans, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Orleans is conserved land, roughly 2,936 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cape Cod National Seashore (6 mi), Kent's Point Conservation/Recreation Area (1.8 mi), and Quanset Road Property (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Orleans, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Orleans outdoors
Conserved land
20%
2,936 of 14,458 acres
Trails
24 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 21 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
83
458 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.6 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 2.0 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
Kent's Point Conservation/Recreation Area
Nature preserve
28 acres1.8 mi of trail
River TrailCove Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Quanset Road Property
Nature preserve
21 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Putnam Farm Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Orleans
14 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Wilber / Hopkins / Rollins Property
Nature preserve
6 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Peck Conservation
Nature preserve
16 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Pahwah Point
Nature preserve
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Bakers Pond
Nature preserve
15 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 83 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 83 parks & preserves
Cape Cod National Seashore3,739 acres · 6 mi of trail · National Park Service
Kent's Point Conservation/Recreation Area28 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Quanset Road Property21 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Putnam Farm Conservation Area14 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Town of Orleans
Wilber / Hopkins / Rollins Property6 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Peck Conservation16 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Pahwah Point12 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Bakers Pond15 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Tovrov Conservation11 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Moore Property7 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Who protects the land
2,936 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 427 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 87 of 289 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis44
- Baseball4
- Pickleball4
- Basketball3
- Soccer2
- Football1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Orleans and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Orleans'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.