1
Quabbin Reservoir Reservation
Managed by DCR - Division Of Water Supply Protection
6,797 acres10.3 mi of trail
NET Trail (white)
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Pelham
Pelham, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 58% of Pelham is conserved land, roughly 9,775 acres. There are about 72 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Quabbin Reservoir Reservation (10.3 mi), Amherst Water Supply Land (8.5 mi), and Cadwell Memorial Forest (4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pelham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pelham outdoors
Conserved land
58%
9,775 of 16,891 acres
Trails
72 mi
2.7 mi per sq mi · 35 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
7,322 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
Amherst Water Supply Land
Managed by Town of Amherst Water Department
1,593 acres8.5 mi of trail
NET Trail (white)
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cadwell Memorial Forest
Managed by University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Environmental Conservation
1,113 acres4 mi of trail
NET/M&M Trail (white)NET Trail (white)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Buffam Brook Community Forest
Nature preserve
289 acres3.3 mi of trail
Northern Trail ExtensionJohn W. Oliver TrailQuarry Loop
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Harkness Conservation Area
Nature preserve
145 acres2.1 mi of trail
Well Away Farm Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Buffam Falls Conservation Area
Nature preserve
44 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Pelham Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
75 acres0.9 mi of trail
Whsipering Winds Loop
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Banfield Agricultural Preservation Restriction
Nature preserve
106 acres0.8 mi of trail
Robert Frost Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 17 parks & preserves
- Pemberton Memorial Forest52 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Heatherstone Brook21 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Water Supply Land76 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Whitney Conservation Area21 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest196 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Jackson Farm Conservation Area24 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- North Valley Conservation Area25 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Pelham Watershed and Riparian Protection64 ac
- Amethyst Brook Wildlife Conservation Easement33 ac
Who protects the land
9,775 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,897 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 26 of 81 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
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Pelham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham | 57.9% | 72.0 mi | 17 |
| New Salem | 62.3% | 17.3 mi | 7 |
| Belchertown | 22.8% | 93.6 mi | 31 |
| Amherst Town | 35.5% | 111.0 mi | 80 |
| Shutesbury | 59.2% | 71.4 mi | 14 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pelham'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.