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Wachusett Reservoir Watershed
Managed by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
3,229 acres6.6 mi of trail
White Oak Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · West Boylston
West Boylston, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 41% of West Boylston is conserved land, roughly 3,616 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wachusett Reservoir Watershed (6.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in West Boylston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
West Boylston outdoors
Conserved land
41%
3,616 of 8,822 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
465 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.3 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
Goodale Park
Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Woodland Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Town Hall Leaching Field
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
3,616 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 118 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 134 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 paths1.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball6
- Tennis5
- Baseball4
- Lacrosse1
- Football1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
West Boylston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Boylston | 41% | 11.7 mi | 4 |
| Boylston | 32.4% | 40.1 mi | 10 |
| Sterling | 37% | 25.7 mi | 19 |
| Shrewsbury | 8% | 35.3 mi | 26 |
| Holden | 43.6% | 66.1 mi | 16 |
| Worcester | 10.3% | 70.6 mi | 75 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about West Boylston'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-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.