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Hansen Pond Preserve
Nature preserve
334 acres0.8 mi of trail
Hansen Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Acton
Acton, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.2% of Acton is conserved land, roughly 830 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hansen Pond Preserve (0.8 mi), Goat Hill Trail (0.7 mi), and Mary Grant Nature Preserve (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Acton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Acton outdoors
Conserved land
3.2%
830 of 26,139 acres
Trails
31 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
305 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
Goat Hill Trail
Nature preserve
25 acres0.7 mi of trail
Goat Hill Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Mary Grant Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Mary Grant Nature Preserve Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Hobbs Farm
Nature preserve
175 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 6 parks & preserves
- Square Pond Water Access28 ac · Directions
- Acton Fair27 ac
Who protects the land
830 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 505 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 13 of 20 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
- Baseball3
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Acton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Acton'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 25.8-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.