1
Allen Whitney Memorial Forest
Managed by New England Forestry Foundation
702 acres10.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Manchester
Manchester, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Manchester is conserved land, roughly 2,219 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Allen Whitney Memorial Forest (10.2 mi), Jamies Pond WMA (4.6 mi), and Tyler Pond WMA (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Manchester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Manchester outdoors
Conserved land
15%
2,219 of 14,376 acres
Trails
24 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
915 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
Jamies Pond Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
907 acres4.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Jamies Pond
3
Tyler Pond Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
135 acres1.4 mi of trail
Tyler’s Pond Access TrailKeene’s Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Hutchinson Pond
Managed by Kennebec Land Trust
80 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
5
Gannett Woods
Managed by Kennebec Land Trust
72 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Fairbanks Pond
Park
67 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
2,219 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 250 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 23 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
- Tennis6
- Baseball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Manchester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 15.4% | 23.6 mi | 8 |
| Augusta | 14.2% | 54.8 mi | 26 |
| Farmingdale | 1.5% | 0.7 mi | 3 |
| Hallowell | 11.9% | 6.8 mi | 7 |
| Readfield | 8.5% | 16.2 mi | 19 |
| Winthrop | 6.5% | 10.9 mi | 12 |
| West Gardiner | 0.6% | 5.1 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Manchester'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 21.6-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.