1
Cornwall Nature Preserve
Managed by Maine Minor Civil Division
142 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Paris
Paris, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.1% of Paris is conserved land, roughly 1,061 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Paris, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Paris outdoors
Conserved land
4.1%
1,061 of 26,050 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
200 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
Whitney
Managed by Western Foothills Land Trust
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Dennis Rugg Sports Complex
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
McLaughlin Garden
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
- Courthouse Square3 ac
- Stony Brook Nature Area2 ac
- Willard Park2 ac · Directions
- Moore Park1 ac · Directions
- Oxford Hills Skate Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,061 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 799 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 18 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
- Baseball6
- Soccer4
- Softball3
- Football2
- Basketball2
- Skate park1
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Paris'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-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.