1
Forest Park
Managed by City of Springfield Parks and Recreation Department
654 acres10.9 mi of trail
Bowling Green Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Springfield
Springfield, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Springfield is conserved land, roughly 3,003 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Forest Park (10.9 mi) and Hubbard Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Springfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Springfield outdoors
Conserved land
14%
3,003 of 21,043 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
94
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
21.1 mi
13.6 mi lanes · 3.9 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
Hubbard Park
Park
31 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
South Branch Park
Park
135 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Beauregard & Schiavina Memorial Park
Park
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Cottage Hill Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 60 parks & preserves
- Calhoun Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Five Mile Pond Park20 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Venture Pond Cons. Area4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Connecticut River Access Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Myrtle Street Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Blunt Park161 ac · Directions
- Van Horn Park130 ac · Directions
- North Branch Park96 ac
- Woodland Park Cons. Area58 ac
- Helen C White Conservation Area43 ac · Directions
- Abbey Brook30 ac · Directions
- White Cedar Bog27 ac · Directions
- Breckwood Park23 ac
- North Branch Tributary Park21 ac
- Nathan Bill Park21 ac · Directions
- Delta Hills Conservation Area21 ac · Directions
- Hallahan Acq.19 ac
- Labelle Dr. Conservation Area19 ac
- Entry Dingle Brook Park19 ac
- Greenleaf Park19 ac · Directions
- Treetop Park18 ac · Directions
- Rose Chase Conservation Area18 ac
- Acorn Park17 ac · Directions
- Tamarack Bog16 ac
- Edgemere Road Swamp15 ac
- Marshall Roy Park14 ac · Directions
- Grayson Kettle13 ac
- Duggan Leatherleaf Bog13 ac
- Kenefick Park12 ac · Directions
- Keddy Tracts12 ac
- Riverfront Park10 ac · Directions
- Fanti Bog9 ac
- North Riverfront Park9 ac · Directions
- South Branch Conservation Area9 ac
- Oakland St. Park9 ac · Directions
- Valentine Park9 ac
- Lake Lorraine Conservation Are9 ac
- Anne&Joseph Mem. Cons. Area9 ac
- Long Pond Bog9 ac
- Grand Valley Conservation Area9 ac
- Atwater Park8 ac
- Emerson Wight Park8 ac
- Armory Square8 ac · Directions
- Graila Road Swamp7 ac
- Abbey Brook Extension7 ac · Directions
- Gurdon Bill Park7 ac · Directions
- Ruth Elizabeth Park6 ac · Directions
- Stebbins Park5 ac
- Walsh Park5 ac · Directions
- Merrill/Wrentham Bog4 ac
- Mill Pond Access4 ac
- Garvey Promontory4 ac
- Samuel A. Bolden Park4 ac · Directions
- Good Shepherds Brook4 ac
- Emily Bill Park4 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,003 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 197 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes13.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis86
- Basketball39
- Baseball33
- Soccer15
- Football7
- Softball3
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Springfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 14.3% | 20.4 mi | 94 |
| Ludlow | 22.7% | 45.2 mi | 10 |
| Chicopee | 3.8% | 40.5 mi | 20 |
| West Springfield Town | 16.4% | 54.5 mi | 11 |
| Agawam Town | 15.3% | 48.6 mi | 18 |
| East Longmeadow | 10.3% | 7.9 mi | 24 |
| Longmeadow | 26.7% | 17.0 mi | 19 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Springfield'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 23.3-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.