1
Mill Pond & Pipestave Hill Recreation Area
Nature preserve
287 acres5.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · West Newbury
West Newbury, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of West Newbury is conserved land, roughly 2,397 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mill Pond & Pipestave Hill Recreation Area (5.3 mi), Riverbend Conservation Area (4.1 mi), and Brake Hill (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in West Newbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
West Newbury outdoors
Conserved land
26%
2,397 of 9,365 acres
Trails
25 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
27
522 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Riverbend Conservation Area
Managed by Town of West Newbury
186 acres4.1 mi of trail
Riverbend TrailIndian River TrailMyopia TrailCoffin Street TrailPage Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Brake Hill
Managed by Town of West Newbury
110 acres1.8 mi of trail
North Slope TrailThe Webelos TrailBrake Hill TrailSouth Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Artichoke River Woods
Managed by Essex County Greenbelt Association
76 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Crane Pond Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Department of Fish And Game
469 acres1.4 mi of trail
Paradise Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Indian Hill Conservation Area (Indian Hill Farm Reservation)
Managed by Essex County Greenbelt Association
22 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Withers Conservation Area
Managed by Town Of West Newbury
26 acres0.9 mi of trail
Artichoke TrailCedar Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Mullen Woods
Nature preserve
36 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 27 parks & preserves
- Indian Hill Conservation Area (Ordway Reservation)87 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- River Road Conservation Area36 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Indian Hill Conservation Area (South Street Woodlots)33 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Indian Hill Conservation Area (Pikes Bridge Road Conservation Area)100 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Town Forest9 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Coffin Street Land53 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Walker17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Conservation Land16 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Artichoke River Land5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Upper Artichoke Area37 ac
- Sawmill Brook Conservation Area32 ac
- Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area27 ac · Directions
- Heath Woodland Conservation Area16 ac
- Chestnut Hill Farm Reservation14 ac
- Thurlow Field13 ac
- Job Swamp10 ac
- Poore Wetland7 ac
- Poore Pond6 ac
- Essex County Greenbelt Association4 ac
Who protects the land
2,397 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,089 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 25 of 123 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball7
- Tennis6
- Equestrian2
- Softball1
- Pickleball1
- Soccer1
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
West Newbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about West Newbury'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.