1
Quabbin Park
Managed by DCR
2,717 acres9.7 mi of trail
Observation Tower TrailEnfield Lookout TrailShoreline/Enfield Lookout TrailSpillway Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Ware
Ware, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Ware is conserved land, roughly 6,597 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Quabbin Park (9.7 mi), Quabbin Reservoir Reservation (6.1 mi), and Grenville Park (2.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ware, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ware outdoors
Conserved land
26%
6,597 of 25,429 acres
Trails
23 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
657 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.8 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
Quabbin Reservoir Reservation
Managed by DCR - Division Of Water Supply Protection
7,964 acres6.1 mi of trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Grenville Park
Park
85 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Coy Hill Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
201 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
- Memorial Field5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Herman Covey Wildlife Management Area352 ac
- Ware River Access27 ac
- Strawberry Fields9 ac
- Baker Lot2 ac
Who protects the land
6,597 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 428 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 56 parcels. 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 paths4.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Soccer2
- Basketball2
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ware and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ware | 25.9% | 22.9 mi | 9 |
| Belchertown | 22.8% | 93.6 mi | 31 |
| New Salem | 62.3% | 17.3 mi | 7 |
| Petersham | 61.5% | 74.0 mi | 18 |
| Hardwick | 38.2% | 15.2 mi | 15 |
| Palmer Town | 16.9% | 12.4 mi | 10 |
| West Brookfield | 23.8% | 5.9 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ware'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 27.1-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.