1
Wells State Park
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
1,406 acres13.4 mi of trail
Mission TrailMountain Road TrailNorth TrailSouth TrailMill Pond Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Sturbridge
Sturbridge, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Sturbridge is conserved land, roughly 7,000 acres. There are about 82 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wells State Park (13.4 mi), Leadmine Mountain Wildlife Conservation Easement (13.4 mi), and Wolf Swamp WMA (7.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sturbridge, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sturbridge outdoors
Conserved land
28%
7,000 of 24,801 acres
Trails
82 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 70 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
703 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.1 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 3.1 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
Leadmine Mountain Wildlife Conservation Easement
Nature preserve
833 acres13.4 mi of trail
Seven Ridges TrailArbutus Park TrailLeadmine TrailMountain Laurel TrailUpper Loop
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Wolf Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
247 acres7.2 mi of trail
Pond Loop
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Breakneck Brook Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
745 acres6.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Breakneck Brook Wildlife Management Area
5
Plimpton Community Forest
Managed by Town of Sturbridge Conservation Commission
308 acres5.3 mi of trail
Field Loop TrailPlimpton LoopHolden TrailTown Line LoopHawk Spur Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
6
Breakneck Brook Wildlife Conservation Easement
Nature preserve
493 acres3.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Riverlands
Managed by Sturbridge Trails Committee
135 acres3.5 mi of trail
Cistern TrailFlow Trail #2Flow Trail #3Grand Trunk TrailLeadmine Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
8
Opacum Woods
Nature preserve
259 acres2.8 mi of trail
Blue TrailYellow TrailWhite TrailRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 21 parks & preserves
- Leadmine Wildlife Management Area553 ac · 2.2 mi trail · Directions
- Leadmine Mountain Conservation Area96 ac · 1.8 mi trail · Directions
- Heins Farm Conservation Area91 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Tantiusques Reservation62 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- East Brimfield Lake Flood Risk Management Project156 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Long Pond Conservation Area72 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- McKinstry Brook Wildlife Management Area174 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Opacum Conservation Area17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Herve and Mary Jane Gaumond Memorial Sanctuary29 ac
- Cedar Pond Recreation Area12 ac
- Leadmine Pond Public Access2 ac · Directions
- Sturbridge Town Common1 ac · Directions
- Village Common1 ac
Who protects the land
7,000 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,092 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 95 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 paths3.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis10
- Baseball6
- Basketball5
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Sturbridge and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturbridge | 28.2% | 82.3 mi | 21 |
| Southbridge Town | 13.5% | 21.3 mi | 10 |
| Brookfield | 32.9% | 11.4 mi | 7 |
| Charlton | 10.2% | 34.7 mi | 30 |
| Holland | 20% | 9.3 mi | 3 |
| Brimfield | 14% | 27.0 mi | 7 |
| East Brookfield | 24.3% | 6.8 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sturbridge'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 24.4-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.