1
Booth Hill Conservation Area
Nature preserve
91 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Scituate
Scituate, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Scituate is conserved land, roughly 2,201 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Booth Hill Conservation Area (2.1 mi), Wompatuck State Park (2 mi), and Rivermoor Habitat Park (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Scituate, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Scituate outdoors
Conserved land
11%
2,201 of 20,252 acres
Trails
29 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
33
114 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 0.2 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
Wompatuck State Park
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
101 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
Rivermoor Habitat Park
Nature preserve
561 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Bates Lane Conservation Area
Managed by Scituate Conservation Commission
293 acres1.5 mi of trail
Bates Lane TrailLitchfield TrailCarl Pipes TrailMaxwell Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Higgins-MacAllister Preserve
Managed by Town of Scituate Conservation Commission
47 acres0.9 mi of trail
Higgins-MacAllister Loop Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
6
Moncy
Managed by Town of Scituate Conservation Commission
44 acres0.7 mi of trail
Carl Pipes TrailBates Lane TrailMaxwell Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Wheelwright Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Scituate Conservation Commission
46 acres0.4 mi of trail
Maxwell Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Stewart
Managed by Town of Scituate Conservation Commission
17 acres0.4 mi of trail
Carl Pipes TrailHiggins-MacAllister Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 33 parks & preserves
- Bailey48 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hayden10 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Cushing Memorial State Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Kapland Land/Teak Sherman Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Town Marina6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Tibbets Marsh Conservation Area82 ac · Directions
- Kent St Marshes44 ac · Directions
- Vasolotti Land40 ac
- Hubbell Preserve17 ac
- Vinal Pasture Conservation Area15 ac
- Tibbetts/Atherton14 ac · Directions
- Bassing Beach Conservation Area13 ac
- Kent Street Marshes13 ac · Directions
- Conservation Land Storage11 ac
- Whitcomb Pines Conservation Restriction9 ac
- Hardcastle Property8 ac · Directions
- Bjorklund Conservation Restriction7 ac
- Central Field7 ac · Directions
- Bjorklund5 ac
- Pinney Land3 ac
- Doherty Property3 ac
- Roach Field2 ac · Directions
- Cudworth Field2 ac · Directions
- Hollett Island Park2 ac · Directions
- Egypt Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,201 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 104 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 88 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis20
- Baseball10
- Soccer7
- Basketball6
- Tracks3
- Softball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Scituate and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scituate | 10.9% | 29.0 mi | 33 |
| Marshfield | 22% | 62.3 mi | 66 |
| Cohasset | 8.4% | 37.1 mi | 43 |
| Norwell | 14.6% | 41.5 mi | 29 |
| Hingham | 18.2% | 86.2 mi | 74 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Scituate'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 32.2-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.