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Halibut Point State Park
Nature preserve
55 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Rockport
Rockport, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Rockport is conserved land, roughly 1,219 acres. There are about 51 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Halibut Point State Park (2.2 mi), Pool Hill Town Forest (1.9 mi), and DeLamater Sanctuary (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rockport, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rockport outdoors
Conserved land
11%
1,219 of 11,155 acres
Trails
51 mi
2.9 mi per sq mi · 24 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
35
174 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.3 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
Pool Hill Town Forest
Nature preserve
98 acres1.9 mi of trail
Town Forest TrailDinosaurDinosaur Bail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
DeLamater Sanctuary
Nature preserve
41 acres1.2 mi of trail
Delmater Sanctuary Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Thacher Island
Nature preserve
31 acres1.1 mi of trail
Bennett's TraceSouth BluffWedmore Walk
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Homecrest
Nature preserve
26 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Woodland Acres
Managed by Essex County Greenbelt
43 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Andrews Woods
Nature preserve
15 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Pine Pit
Managed by Town of Rockport Conservation Commission
19 acres0.8 mi of trail
Old Rail Track
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 35 parks & preserves
- Conservation Land28 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Halibut Point Reservation14 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Manning Park14 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge11 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Evans Field10 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Kieran Preserve10 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Brackett Conservation Restriction5 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Norwood Mills Wildlife Sanctuary13 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Pingree Trails13 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Town Conservation Area6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Nugent Stretch9 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Rowe Parcel8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pigeon Hill Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- The Headlands4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pingree Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Millbrook Meadow2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Old Garden Beach1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Straitsmouth Island Wildlife Sanctuary30 ac
- Saratoga Creek Salt Marsh28 ac
- Milk Island Sanctuary25 ac
- Town Conservation Land14 ac · Directions
- Waring Field9 ac
- Penzance Road Marsh7 ac
- Liljas Pit5 ac
- Mill Pond Park2 ac · Directions
- South Woods2 ac
- Town Wetlands2 ac
Who protects the land
1,219 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 147 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 83 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 paths1.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis7
- Baseball4
- Basketball2
- Soccer1
- Multi-sport1
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Rockport and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockport | 10.9% | 51.2 mi | 35 |
| Gloucester | 20% | 113.5 mi | 92 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rockport'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.