1
Oxbow Nature Preserve
Park
17 acres0.6 mi of trail
Oxbow Path
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Waterville
Waterville, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.8% of Waterville is conserved land, roughly 517 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Oxbow Nature Preserve (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Waterville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Waterville outdoors
Conserved land
5.8%
517 of 8,908 acres
Trails
17 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
30 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 9.7 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.
2
North Street Recreation Area
Park
15 acres0.4 mi of trail
North Street Recreational Area Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Head of Falls Park
Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
River Walk At Head Of Falls
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Green Street Park
Park
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
- Veterans Memorial Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Purnell Wrigley Field4 ac
- Cutting Memorial Park1 ac
- Grove Street Playground1 ac
- David Kenneth Quirion Park1 ac
Who protects the land
517 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 11 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 paths9.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis19
- Soccer8
- Softball7
- Baseball6
- Basketball3
- Tracks3
- Multi-sport2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Waterville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Waterville'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.