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Birch Hill Reservoir Area
Nature preserve
1,112 acres5.9 mi of trail
Wilson Court
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Templeton
Templeton, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Templeton is conserved land, roughly 4,127 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Birch Hill Reservoir Area (5.9 mi), Templeton State Forest (3.6 mi), and Otter River State Forest (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Templeton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Templeton outdoors
Conserved land
20%
4,127 of 20,598 acres
Trails
24 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
500 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.4 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
Templeton State Forest
Nature preserve
706 acres3.6 mi of trail
Red Oak TrailCook's Pond TrailLink Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Otter River State Forest
Nature preserve
507 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Gilman Waite Field
Park
20 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Dwelly Farm Conservation Area, North Country Conservation Trust (NCLT)
Managed by NCLT
65 acres0.6 mi of trail
David's Trail (yellow)Warbler Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Burnshirt River Wildlife Conservation Easement
Nature preserve
130 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 16 parks & preserves
- Templeton Brook Wildlife Management Area82 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- So Main St Conservation Area18 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- E Templeton Pond Dam Project4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Stone Bridge Wildlife Management Area228 ac
- Floodswood Conservation Area129 ac
- Ware River Watershed86 ac
- Houghton Park7 ac · Directions
- Kermit Coleman Field3 ac
- Hubbardston State Forest1 ac
- The Common1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,127 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,520 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Basketball4
- Football3
- Soccer3
- Tennis3
- Softball2
- Multi-sport2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Templeton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Templeton | 20% | 24.1 mi | 16 |
| Phillipston | 41% | 15.9 mi | 12 |
| Gardner | 31.9% | 25.3 mi | 28 |
| Winchendon | 19.8% | 73.9 mi | 27 |
| Royalston | 36.4% | 36.2 mi | 36 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Templeton'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 25.6-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.