1
Sibley Farm
Nature preserve
322 acres6.2 mi of trail
Corridor 71Beaver Meadow TrailSibley TrailMidstate TrailClosed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Sibley Trail Parking
Outdoors · Spencer
Spencer, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Spencer is conserved land, roughly 5,997 acres. There are about 47 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sibley Farm (6.2 mi), Buck Hill Conservation Area (3.8 mi), and Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (3.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Spencer, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Spencer outdoors
Conserved land
28%
5,997 of 21,636 acres
Trails
47 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 35 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
499 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.4 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 3.2 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
Buck Hill Conservation Area
Park
290 acres3.8 mi of trail
Midstate TrailCorridor 71
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
235 acres3.3 mi of trail
Midstate TrailFlat Rock TrailLaurel Loop TrailBoulder Overlook TrailKalmia Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Morgan Swamp
Nature preserve
216 acres2.4 mi of trail
Corridor 71Morgan Swamp TrailRichland Ave EntranceMidstate TrailCorridor 71/Mid State Connector
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Moose Hill Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game
201 acres1.9 mi of trail
Midstate Trail/Corridor 71Midstate TrailCorridor 71
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Four Chimneys Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
213 acres0.6 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Four Chimneys Parking
7
Moose Hill Flood Control Site
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
37 acres0.6 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
O'Gara Park
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Depot Trail Entrance
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 22 parks & preserves
- Sevenmile River Access74 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Turkey Hill Brook Park18 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Luther Hill Park15 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Street Elementary School (defunct)24 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wire Village Ball Park12 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Conservation Commission Land4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Railroad Park41 ac
- Derby Farm Woods36 ac · Directions
- Powder Mill Park4 ac · Directions
- Burncoat Park3 ac
- Saint Joseph's Abbey3 ac
- Ralph Warren Park2 ac
- Bemis Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
- Prouty Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
5,997 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,493 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 105 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball12
- Tennis6
- Pickleball3
- Soccer3
- Basketball2
- Softball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Spencer and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Spencer'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 21.7-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.