1
Mystic River Reservation
Nature preserve
16 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Somerville
Somerville, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Somerville is conserved land, roughly 143 acres. There are about 2.1 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Somerville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Somerville outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
143 of 2,686 acres
Trails
2.1 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
2 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
38.6 mi
18.5 mi lanes · 12.3 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
Foss Park
Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Draw Seven State Park
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
9 acres
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Sylvester Baxter Riverfront Park
Managed by DCR
6 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 22 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 22 parks & preserves
Sylvester Baxter Riverfront Park6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · DCR
Mystic River Reservation16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Perry Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Somerville Junction Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Foss Park13 acres
Draw Seven State Park9 acres · Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Lincoln Park5 acres
Trum Field5 acres
Community Path4 acres
Powder House Park4 acres
Who protects the land
143 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 1 of 34 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes18.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes7.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball31
- Pickleball15
- Baseball12
- Soccer10
- Tennis8
- Beach volleyball4
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Somerville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Somerville'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.