1
East Over Reservation
Nature preserve
73 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Rochester
Rochester, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Rochester is conserved land, roughly 5,458 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in East Over Reservation (1.8 mi), Stephen C.L. Delano Memorial Forest (1.2 mi), and Leonards Pond Recreation Area (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rochester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rochester outdoors
Conserved land
24%
5,458 of 22,922 acres
Trails
26 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
935 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
Stephen C.L. Delano Memorial Forest
Nature preserve
109 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Leonards Pond Recreation Area
Nature preserve
80 acres0.8 mi of trail
Future American Perimeter Trail (Flagged)Trail Easement
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Rounseville II Preserve
Nature preserve
51 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
East Over Reservation73 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Stephen C.L. Delano Memorial Forest109 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Leonards Pond Recreation Area80 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Rounseville II Preserve51 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Haskell Swamp Wildlife Management Area1,222 acres
Church Homestead Wildlife Management Area162 acres
Mattapoisett River Valley Lands126 acres
Rochester Wildlife Management Area77 acres
Lincoln P. Holmes Memorial Woods29 acres
Doggett Brook Conservation Area29 acres
Who protects the land
5,458 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,601 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 10 of 255 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
- Baseball8
- Soccer2
- Basketball2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Rochester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 23.8% | 26.1 mi | 19 |
| Wareham | 15.6% | 114.8 mi | 41 |
| Mattapoisett | 27.3% | 18.7 mi | 47 |
| Marion | 21.1% | 21.7 mi | 58 |
| Middleborough | 20.4% | 97.5 mi | 21 |
| Acushnet | 10.9% | 4.0 mi | 15 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rochester'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 24.5-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.