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Townsend State Forest
Nature preserve
3,157 acres23.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Townsend
Townsend, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Townsend is conserved land, roughly 4,954 acres. There are about 77 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Townsend State Forest (23.7 mi), Squannacook River WMA (5.2 mi), and Hunting Hills WMA (3.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Townsend, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Townsend outdoors
Conserved land
24%
4,954 of 20,972 acres
Trails
77 mi
2.3 mi per sq mi · 40 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
544 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.7 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.
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Squannacook River Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
797 acres5.2 mi of trail
Squannacook River Trail Network
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hunting Hills Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
286 acres3.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Meetinghouse Park
Managed by Town of Townsend Conservation Commission
242 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Townsend Hill Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
618 acres2.6 mi of trail
Heading Northh2w
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Howard Park
Nature preserve
40 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
- Town Common2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Greenville Road Conservation Area54 ac
- Wallace Hill32 ac
- TAYBS Spaulding Fields4 ac
- TAYBS Craven Field3 ac
- Upper Common2 ac
- Large Town Forest1 ac
Who protects the land
4,954 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 241 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 paths1.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Squannacook River Rail Trail (bike route)1.7 mi
- Mason Railroad Trail (bike route)0.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis7
- Soccer6
- Baseball4
- Tracks3
- Basketball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Townsend and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Townsend'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 20.9-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.