1
Nobscot Scout Reservation
Managed by Boy Scouts
344 acres9.7 mi of trail
Bay Circuit TrailNixon TrailMonson TrailBay Circut TrailSquanto Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sudbury
Sudbury, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Sudbury is conserved land, roughly 4,512 acres. There are about 57 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Nobscot Scout Reservation (9.7 mi), Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge (4.7 mi), and Memorial Forest (3.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sudbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sudbury outdoors
Conserved land
29%
4,512 of 15,741 acres
Trails
57 mi
2.3 mi per sq mi · 33 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
65
234 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.3 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 8.9 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
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
479 acres4.7 mi of trail
Fisher TrailTri-Town TrailHill TrailSweet Fern TrailPowerline Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Hudson Road Parking
3
Memorial Forest
Managed by Sudbury Valley Trustees
215 acres3.4 mi of trail
Desert Loop TrailPlymton TrailPipeline PassDesert TrailOcean By-Pass
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
4
Sudbury Water District
Managed by Town of Sudbury
221 acres3.3 mi of trail
Kettle Rim TrailBrookside TrailEsker Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Davis Farm Conservation Land
Managed by Town of Sudbury
89 acres3.1 mi of trail
Hilltop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Hopbrook Marsh Conservation Land
Nature preserve
97 acres2.5 mi of trail
Old Pine TrailPitch Pine TrailMarsh to Desert TrailBlueberry TrailRidge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Piper Farm Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Sudbury
110 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Nobscot Reservation
Managed by Town of Sudbury Conservation Commission
110 acres1.4 mi of trail
Bay Circuit TrailFord's Folly Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge934 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
- GFWCM Memorial Forest61 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
- Lyons-Cutler Reservation76 ac · 1.2 mi trail
- Gray Conservation Land49 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Raymond Reservation109 ac · 0.9 mi trail
- The Wayside Inn107 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- King Philip Woods Conservation Land82 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Wolbach Farm54 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Round Hill39 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest242 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Leon Parcel32 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Haynes Meadow25 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Pantry Brook Wildlife Management Area400 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Brues Woods34 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Lincoln Meadows73 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Barton Farm Consevation Land15 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Frost Farm60 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Heritage Park5 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Featherland Park42 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Mahoney Farm12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Parkinson Parcel11 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Haynes Garrison Site4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wake Robin Conservation Area48 ac · Directions
- Mineway Brook Corridor44 ac
- Carding Mill Pond41 ac
- Landham Brook Marsh Conservation Area33 ac · Directions
- Fay Gift32 ac
- Wash Brook Parcel28 ac · Directions
- Haskell Field27 ac · Directions
- Newfell Parcel21 ac
- Maple Meadows20 ac · Directions
- Feeley Field19 ac · Directions
- Atkinson Parcel15 ac · Directions
- Sexton Street Parcels14 ac
- Moran Circle12 ac
- Grist Mill Pond Area11 ac
- Thorp Sanctuary11 ac · Directions
- Mellone Parcel9 ac
- Waite Parcel8 ac
- Cutler Gift7 ac · Directions
- Newell Gift7 ac
- Kato Drive Conservation Area6 ac
- Goff Gift5 ac
- Second Division Brook3 ac
- Neelon Gift3 ac
- Taft Parcel3 ac · Directions
- Eisner Parcel3 ac
- Crystal Lake Parcels3 ac
- Forest Street Parcel3 ac
- Morse Road Conservation Area2 ac
- Albee Gift2 ac
- Nobscot Road Parcel2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,512 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,018 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 27 of 215 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 paths8.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis22
- Baseball16
- Basketball10
- Soccer3
- Beach volleyball1
- Pickleball1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Sudbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sudbury'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 20.6-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.