1
Misery Island Reservation
Park
72 acres2.6 mi of trail
Red LoopBlue Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
Outdoors · Salem
Salem, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Salem is conserved land, roughly 1,376 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Misery Island Reservation (2.6 mi), Salem Woods (2.3 mi), and Spring Pond Water Department Land (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Salem, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Salem outdoors
Conserved land
12%
1,376 of 11,638 acres
Trails
27 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 21 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
39
31 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
18.4 mi
9.5 mi lanes · 6.6 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
Salem Woods
Park
119 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Spring Pond Water Department Land
Nature preserve
75 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Forest River Conservation Area
Managed by City of Salem Conservation Commission
100 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Alumni Hill Lot
5
Fort Lee
Park
17 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Salem Willows Park
Park
25 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Salem Common
Park
9 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Gallows Hill Park
Park
23 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 39 parks & preserves
- Forest River Conservation Area Connector40 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Winter Island Maritime Park21 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Forest River Park30 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Leslie's Retreat Park7 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Salem Maritime National Historical Park7 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- McGrath Park23 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Palmer Cove Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Splaine Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Thompsons Meadow73 ac · Directions
- Conservation Land30 ac
- Mack Park26 ac · Directions
- McCabe Park12 ac
- Irzyk Park5 ac · Directions
- Furlong Park4 ac
- Castle Hill Park4 ac
- Collins Cove Park3 ac · Directions
- McGlew Park2 ac
- Lead Mills Conservation Area1 ac
- Lafayette Park1 ac · Directions
- Broad Street Park1 ac
- Pickman Park1 ac
- Charlotte Forten Park1 ac · Directions
- David J. Beattie Park1 ac
- Mary Jane Lee Park1 ac · Directions
- Dibiase Park1 ac
- Great Haste Island1 ac
- Jeggle Island1 ac
- Gonyea Park1 ac
- Armory Park1 ac · Directions
- Remond Park1 ac
- Bakers Island Lot1 ac
Who protects the land
1,376 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 60 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes9.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.3 mi
- East Coast Greenway (MA) (bike route)0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball12
- Tennis11
- Baseball6
- Soccer6
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Salem and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 11.8% | 26.7 mi | 39 |
| Beverly | 12.5% | 46.9 mi | 43 |
| Marblehead | 2.4% | 8.5 mi | 23 |
| Peabody | 14.4% | 21.3 mi | 34 |
| Danvers | 18.8% | 14.1 mi | 41 |
| Swampscott | 8.1% | 4.7 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Salem'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 22.9-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.