Outdoors · Westborough

Westborough, MA parks, trails & bike paths

About 21% of Westborough is conserved land, roughly 2,853 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wayne F. MacCallum WMA (8.2 mi), Westboro Resevoir & Cons. Land (3.6 mi), and George H. Nichols F.C. (2.3 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Westborough, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Westborough outdoors

Conserved land
21%
2,853 of 13,653 acres
Trails
41 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
130 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.0 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

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Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
630 acres8.2 mi of trail
Crane Swamp Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Westboro Resevoir & Cons. Land

Nature preserve
196 acres3.6 mi of trail
Charm Bracelet Trail segmentTree Farm TrailHidden Meadow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

George H. Nichols F.C.

Nature preserve
522 acres2.3 mi of trail
John Malley TrailOsprey Point TrailAssabet Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Walkup and Robinson Memorial Conservation Area

Managed by Sudbury Valley Trustees
62 acres2.3 mi of trail
Upper LoopLower LoopTrolley Line Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
5

Despres Family Conservation Area

Nature preserve
80 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6

Fox Hill Parcel

Nature preserve
66 acres1.7 mi of trail
Fox Hill TrailGibbons School Spur Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7

Libbey Conservation Area

Nature preserve
114 acres1.5 mi of trail
Libbey TrailFarm Spring TrailCrosscut Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8

Veterans Freedom Park

Park
24 acres1.2 mi of trail
Ranger Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 23 parks & preserves
  • Sawink Farm Reservation65 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
  • Sudbury Reservoir Watershed194 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
  • Cedar Swamp328 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
  • Upton State Forest12 ac · 0.3 mi trail
  • Bay State Green2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
  • Sudbury River Reservation55 ac
  • Upton Road Conservation Area21 ac
  • Haskell Recreation Area16 ac · Directions
  • Greg's Field6 ac · Directions
  • Hennessy Field5 ac
  • Henry Tract3 ac
  • Bowman Tract3 ac
  • Creedon Gift3 ac
  • Hyder Park3 ac
  • Minuteman Park3 ac
Who protects the land

2,853 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
379 ac
Other state land
235 ac
Private owners
89 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
70 ac
State parks
3 ac
State conservation
1 ac
Not recorded
2,407 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 263 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 31 of 158 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 paths1.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis19
  • Basketball8
  • Baseball7
  • Soccer5
  • Football2
  • Multi-sport1
  • Softball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Westborough and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Westborough20.9%40.7 mi23
Hopkinton21.7%103.7 mi65
Northborough22.6%42.5 mi17
Grafton13.1%44.1 mi42
Southborough31.4%32.3 mi33
Shrewsbury8%35.3 mi26
Upton20.7%94.0 mi11
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Westborough'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.

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