1
Ware River Watershed
Nature preserve
6,391 acres18.1 mi of trail
Midstate TrailT6 Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Rutland
Rutland, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 45% of Rutland is conserved land, roughly 10,274 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ware River Watershed (18.1 mi), Barre Falls WMA (1.3 mi), and Barre Falls Flood Control Area (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rutland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rutland outdoors
Conserved land
45%
10,274 of 23,071 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
1,098 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.7 mi
2.4 mi lanes · 6.3 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
Barre Falls Wildlife Management Area
Managed by MassWildlife
391 acres1.3 mi of trail
T6 Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Barre Falls Flood Control Area
Nature preserve
151 acres1.3 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Savage Hill Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Department of Fish And Game
508 acres1.1 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Rutland State Park
Nature preserve
286 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Conservation Land
Nature preserve
83 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Ware River Watershed6,391 acres · 18.1 mi of trail
Barre Falls Wildlife Management Area391 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · MassWildlife
Barre Falls Flood Control Area151 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Savage Hill Wildlife Management Area508 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Department of Fish And Game
Rutland State Park286 acres · 1 mi of trail
Conservation Land83 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Thayer Pond Wildlife Management Area82 acres · Department of Fish And Game
Rutland Conservation Land36 acres
Rufus Putnam Park18 acres
Charles March Memorial Field9 acres
Who protects the land
10,274 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,667 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 206 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Basketball3
- Soccer2
- Tennis1
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Rutland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rutland'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 26.1-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.