1
Tully River Reservation
Nature preserve
1,179 acres10.7 mi of trail
Tully TrailTully Lake Loop TrailBlue TrailWhite TrailRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Royalston
Royalston, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 36% of Royalston is conserved land, roughly 9,852 acres. There are about 36 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Tully River Reservation (10.7 mi), Royalston State Forest (2.2 mi), and Royalston Falls (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Royalston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Royalston outdoors
Conserved land
36%
9,852 of 27,034 acres
Trails
36 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
36
6,748 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.6 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
Royalston State Forest
Nature preserve
866 acres2.2 mi of trail
Falls Road (Tully Trail)Tully Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Royalston Falls
Nature preserve
332 acres2.2 mi of trail
Falls Road (Tully Trail)Tully TrailTully Trail (yellow)NET/M&M Trail/ Tully Trail (white yellow)NET/M&M Trail (white)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Birch Hill Reservoir Area
Nature preserve
515 acres1.8 mi of trail
Boston and Maine Railroad Alignment (1874-1940)Through the Gorge
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Warwick State Forest
Nature preserve
139 acres1.8 mi of trail
Tully TrailNET/M&M Trail (white)Old M & M Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Fish Brook Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
136 acres1.3 mi of trail
Tully Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Millers River Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
1,414 acres1.1 mi of trail
Blue and Yellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
8
Jacobs Hill Reservation
Nature preserve
165 acres1.1 mi of trail
Tully Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 36 parks & preserves
- Eagle Reserve Conservation Area141 ac · 1.1 mi trail · Directions
- Millers River Wildlife Conservation Easement184 ac · 1 mi trail
- Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area2,895 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Otter River State Forest145 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Fish Brook Wildlife Conservation Easement75 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Doane's Falls30 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Chase Memorial Forest110 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Proctor-Kenney Forest571 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Lawrence Brook Wildlife Conservation Easement508 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- The Ledges40 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Ehrich Forest125 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Tall Timbers28 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Long Pond Wildlife Management Area6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Taft Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement390 ac
- Lawrence Brook Wildlife Management Area299 ac
- Tully Mountain Wildlife Conservation Easement116 ac
- Kreiger Forest97 ac
- Shedd Forest89 ac
- Perkins Woodlands83 ac
- Amadon-Willis Forest65 ac
- Reed Forest61 ac
- Miles Forest52 ac
- Tully Mountain Wildlife Management Area35 ac
- Guiney Memorial Forest35 ac
- Falls Road Conservation Area11 ac
- Coddings Meadow10 ac
- Long Pond Wildlife Conservation Easement8 ac
- Royalston Common1 ac
Who protects the land
9,852 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,579 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 252 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 paths0.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
- Beach volleyball1
- Volleyball1
- Soccer1
- Baseball1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Royalston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalston | 36.4% | 36.2 mi | 36 |
| Orange | 33.1% | 14.3 mi | 30 |
| Athol | 28.4% | 37.9 mi | 16 |
| Winchendon | 19.8% | 73.9 mi | 27 |
| Phillipston | 41% | 15.9 mi | 12 |
| Templeton | 20% | 24.1 mi | 16 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Royalston'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 24.7-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.