1
Leominster State Forest
Managed by DCR - Division Of State Parks And Recreation
1,206 acres8.2 mi of trail
Midstate TrailBlack Bear RunBall Hill TrailRed Oak TrailCrow Hill Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Westminster
Westminster, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Westminster is conserved land, roughly 7,012 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Leominster State Forest (8.2 mi), High Ridge WMA (8.1 mi), and Wachusett Mountain State Reservation (4.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Westminster, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Westminster outdoors
Conserved land
30%
7,012 of 23,698 acres
Trails
50 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
837 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
1.4 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
High Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
1,498 acres8.1 mi of trail
Beech Hill
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Managed by Division of State Parks and Recreation
748 acres4.5 mi of trail
West Side TrailBolton Pond TrailOld Indian TrailSemuhenna TrailBalance Rock Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Muddy Pond Conservation Area
Nature preserve
461 acres2 mi of trail
Midstate TrailNate's Run
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Schenk Farm Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Westminster Conservation Commission
60 acres1.3 mi of trail
Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Westminster State Forest
Nature preserve
335 acres0.5 mi of trail
Midstate TrailNOT Midstate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
- Crocker Pond Recreation Area2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Fitchburg Water Department Land433 ac
- Hager Park179 ac
- Westminster Town Common2 ac
Who protects the land
7,012 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 968 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 15 of 96 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball8
- Football3
- Softball2
- Soccer2
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
- Tracks1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Westminster and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | 29.6% | 49.8 mi | 10 |
| Ashburnham | 31.5% | 32.8 mi | 32 |
| Fitchburg | 20.4% | 40.3 mi | 33 |
| Princeton | 49.1% | 66.3 mi | 20 |
| Gardner | 31.9% | 25.3 mi | 28 |
| Hubbardston | 45.5% | 31.8 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Westminster'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 27.3-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.