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Bethel Community Forest
Managed by Inland Woods and Trails
968 acres11.3 mi of trail
Summit Ridge TrailFluxPhoenixBoundary Brook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bethel
Bethel, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.6% of Bethel is conserved land, roughly 1,516 acres. There are about 52 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bethel Community Forest (11.3 mi), Valentine Farm (1.4 mi), and Bingham Forest (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bethel, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bethel outdoors
Conserved land
3.6%
1,516 of 41,904 acres
Trails
52 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
579 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.7 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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Valentine Farm
Managed by Mahoosuc Land Trust
151 acres1.4 mi of trail
Valentine Farm TrailRiver Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bingham Forest
Nature preserve
179 acres1.1 mi of trail
Boundary Brook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Mount Will
Nature preserve
24 acres0.4 mi of trail
Mount Will Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
McCoy Chapman Forest
Managed by Mahoosuc Land Trust
53 acres0.3 mi of trail
McCoy-Grey Birch Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Intervale Gateway
Managed by Mahoosuc Land Trust
19 acres0.3 mi of trail
Bethel Pathway
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
- Bethel Common2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bethel Community Forest West410 ac
- Davis Park18 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,516 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 252 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 15 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 paths1.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis6
- Soccer6
- Baseball5
- Tracks4
- Field hockey2
- Basketball1
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bethel and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bethel'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 36-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.