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Prospect Park
Park
74 acres2.3 mi of trail
Berry Hill TrailMeeting House Hill TrailScout TrailWhittall TrailJuniper Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 8% of Shrewsbury is conserved land, roughly 1,107 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Prospect Park (2.3 mi), Dean Park (2.1 mi), and Carlstrom Memorial Forest (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Shrewsbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Shrewsbury outdoors
Conserved land
8%
1,107 of 13,838 acres
Trails
35 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
26
28 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.0 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
Dean Park
Park
79 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Carlstrom Memorial Forest
Nature preserve
73 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Rawson Hill
Nature preserve
53 acres0.8 mi of trail
Blue TrailDark Green Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Eaton Pond Park
Park
25 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 26 parks & preserves
- Greylock Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Secret Garden14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Shrewsbury Town Common1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Newton Pond32 ac
- East Slocum Meadow30 ac
- Former Allen Property26 ac
- Slocum Meadow17 ac · Directions
- Pratt Farm Playground9 ac
- Rotary Park7 ac
- Two Islands - Flint Pond5 ac
- Town of Shrewsbury Conservation Commission5 ac
- Peat Meadow4 ac
- Keywood Manor4 ac · Directions
- Audobon Park4 ac
- Farrell Property4 ac
- Quinsigamond State Park3 ac · Directions
- Edgemere Park3 ac
- Bluegrass2 ac
- Former Frybeck Estate2 ac
- Addition To Former Frybeck Est1 ac
- Hillando Drive Park1 ac
Who protects the land
1,107 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 74 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 20 of 100 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 paths0.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball110
- Tennis41
- Soccer15
- Baseball14
- Pickleball11
- Tracks6
- Football5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Shrewsbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury | 8% | 35.3 mi | 26 |
| Boylston | 32.4% | 40.1 mi | 10 |
| Northborough | 22.6% | 42.5 mi | 17 |
| Grafton | 13.1% | 44.1 mi | 42 |
| Westborough | 20.9% | 40.7 mi | 23 |
| Worcester | 10.3% | 70.6 mi | 75 |
| West Boylston | 41% | 11.7 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Shrewsbury'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.