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Wilbraham Wildlife Area
Nature preserve
141 acres4.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Wilbraham
Wilbraham, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Wilbraham is conserved land, roughly 2,455 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wilbraham Wildlife Area (4.1 mi), Rice Nature Preserve (2.6 mi), and White Cedar Swamp (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wilbraham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wilbraham outdoors
Conserved land
17%
2,455 of 14,208 acres
Trails
39 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
168 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.6 mi
1.6 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.
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Rice Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
140 acres2.6 mi of trail
UnderpeakHighmoorRachael PhelpsTom LearySunrise
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
White Cedar Swamp
Nature preserve
181 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Hardwood Hill
Nature preserve
27 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Sunrise Peak Conservation Area
Nature preserve
64 acres0.8 mi of trail
Switchback TrailSunrise
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Thayer Brook Conservation Area
Nature preserve
156 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Spectacle Pond
Park
41 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 24 parks & preserves
- Crane Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- The Preserve84 ac
- Twelve Mile Brook Conservation Area80 ac
- Pesky Serpent Conservation Area64 ac
- Wandering Meadows Estates Conservation Area29 ac
- Mill Pond Conservation Area23 ac
- Red Bridge State Park17 ac · Directions
- Old Spring Hill17 ac
- Ester Heffner Bird Sanctuary17 ac
- Indian Ridge14 ac
- Towokos Conservation Area10 ac
- Bruver Pond8 ac · Directions
- Woodland Park Cons. Area6 ac
- Knox Trail Park5 ac · Directions
- Hallahan Acq.1 ac
- Labelle Dr. Conservation Area1 ac
- Gazebo Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,455 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 307 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 106 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer17
- Baseball15
- Tennis8
- Pickleball7
- Basketball3
- Football3
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Wilbraham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wilbraham'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.