1
Rice Sanctuary
Nature preserve
279 acres5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Peru
Peru, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 49% of Peru is conserved land, roughly 8,069 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rice Sanctuary (5 mi), Peru WMA (4.2 mi), and Middlefield State Forest (4.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Peru, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Peru outdoors
Conserved land
49%
8,069 of 16,562 acres
Trails
23 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
named on the map
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
Peru Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Department of Fish And Game
3,905 acres4.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Middlefield State Forest
Nature preserve
1,262 acres4.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Windsor Brook Wildlife Conservation Easement
Nature preserve
795 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 6 parks & preserves
- Katz Memorial Forest38 ac
- Ashmere Lake State Park22 ac
Who protects the land
8,069 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,101 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 40 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
- Tennis11
- Basketball4
- Volleyball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Peru and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 48.7% | 23.4 mi | 6 |
| Hinsdale | 38.3% | 12.1 mi | 9 |
| Middlefield | 48.1% | 11.4 mi | 10 |
| Worthington | 37.4% | 12.6 mi | 7 |
| Washington | 68.1% | 70.5 mi | 7 |
| Cummington | 29.1% | 7.4 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Peru'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.