1
Pittsfield State Forest
Nature preserve
1,550 acres24.3 mi of trail
HonoluluHonwee Loop trailBear ClawDeer HillVosburgh CC Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Pittsfield
Pittsfield, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Pittsfield is conserved land, roughly 6,880 acres. There are about 75 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pittsfield State Forest (24.3 mi), The Boulders (6.8 mi), and Springside Park (4.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pittsfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pittsfield outdoors
Conserved land
26%
6,880 of 27,016 acres
Trails
75 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 50 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
40
158 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.5 mi
9.0 mi lanes · 2.1 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
The Boulders
Nature preserve
504 acres6.8 mi of trail
Red TrailBlue TrailRed-Blue TrailGreen Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Springside Park
Park
234 acres4.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary
Managed by Mass Audubon
249 acres2.6 mi of trail
Sacred Way TrailWolf Pine TrailOwl Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
5
October Mountain State Forest
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
405 acres1.6 mi of trail
Unverified DCR Track
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
6
George L. Darey Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Department Of Fish And Game
306 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Cadwell’s Woods Conservation Area
Nature preserve
54 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Clapp Park
Park
53 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 40 parks & preserves
- Kirvin Park226 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Burbank Park268 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Mahanna Cobble70 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Coolidge Park28 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Wild Acres Park26 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Fred Garner Park11 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Deming Park10 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Wahconah Park87 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Henry V Marchisio Memorial Park19 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Dorothy Amos Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Pontoosuc Beach2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Brattle Brook Park126 ac
- Tierney Conservation Area58 ac
- Dubow Reserve, Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)36 ac · Directions
- Ramsey Beach15 ac
- Pontoosuc Lake Park11 ac · Directions
- Lake Onota Village Park10 ac
- Osceola Park8 ac
- The Common7 ac · Directions
- Onota Lake Dam6 ac
- Onota Lake Conservation Area6 ac
- Western District HQ3 ac
- Durant Park3 ac
- South Street Memorial Park2 ac · Directions
- Westside Riverway Park2 ac
- Chalet Wildlife Management Area1 ac
- Crane Playground1 ac · Directions
- Wellesley Park1 ac
- Wilson Playground1 ac
- Noblehurst Conservation. Property1 ac
- Crow Playground1 ac
- Park Square1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
6,880 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,136 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 165 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes9.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis26
- Baseball19
- Basketball18
- Soccer3
- Pickleball2
- Skate park1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Pittsfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield | 25.5% | 74.8 mi | 40 |
| Dalton | 52% | 27.4 mi | 11 |
| Hancock | 42.7% | 74.1 mi | 9 |
| Lanesborough | 33.6% | 55.8 mi | 13 |
| Washington | 68.1% | 70.5 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pittsfield'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 24.6-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.