1
Leominster State Forest
Managed by DCR - Division Of State Parks And Recreation
1,530 acres20.1 mi of trail
Hell's HighwayMidstate TrailKing Tut's HighwayParadise AlleyWolf Den Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Princeton
Princeton, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 49% of Princeton is conserved land, roughly 11,196 acres. There are about 66 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Leominster State Forest (20.1 mi), Wachusett Mountain State Reservation (12.8 mi), and Wachusett Meadows (8.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Princeton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Princeton outdoors
Conserved land
49%
11,196 of 22,792 acres
Trails
66 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 59 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
3,173 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
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
1,440 acres12.8 mi of trail
Harrington/Mid State TrailBicentennial TrailMountain House TrailOld Indian TrailSemuhenna Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wachusett Meadows
Nature preserve
958 acres8.9 mi of trail
Brown Hill LoopChapman/Midstate TrailPasture TrailFern Forest TrailBrook Loop
Dog rules not recorded
4
Calamint Hill Conservation Area
Nature preserve
143 acres2 mi of trail
CHCA East LoopCHCA West LoopConnector
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo CHCA Parking
5
Wachusett Reservoir Watershed
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
2,174 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Red Fox Farm Conservation Area
Nature preserve
44 acres1.2 mi of trail
Red Fox LoopHiuckory TrailConnector TrailMason Field Connector
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
7
Savage Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement
Nature preserve
239 acres1.1 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Giard Property
Nature preserve
51 acres1.1 mi of trail
Giard TrailCobb Brook TailSouth Pond SpurSouth LinkNorth Link
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
All 20 parks & preserves
- PLT Bullock36 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- PLT Appell33 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Ware River Watershed262 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Savage Hill Wildlife Management Area372 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Goodnow Park6 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- PLT McElroy18 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Susan B. Minns Sanctuary143 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Four Corners Hay Fields17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Old Colony Road Conservation Area32 ac
- Hubbardston Road Park4 ac
- Sawyer Field2 ac · Directions
- Hidden Meadow1 ac
Who protects the land
11,196 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,149 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 302 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
- Tennis6
- Soccer5
- Baseball3
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Princeton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton | 49.1% | 66.3 mi | 20 |
| Sterling | 37% | 25.7 mi | 19 |
| Westminster | 29.6% | 49.8 mi | 10 |
| Hubbardston | 45.5% | 31.8 mi | 13 |
| Leominster | 34.5% | 68.4 mi | 29 |
| Rutland | 44.5% | 30.2 mi | 10 |
| Holden | 43.6% | 66.1 mi | 16 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Princeton'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 26.2-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.