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Cardigan Reservation
Managed by Appalachian Mountain Club
1,151 acres9.4 mi of trail
Back 80 TrailManning TrailDukes Ski TrailAlleywayWoodland Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Cardigan Lodge
Outdoors · Alexandria
Alexandria, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Alexandria is conserved land, roughly 4,669 acres. There are about 54 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cardigan Reservation (9.4 mi), Cardigan Mountain State Forest (6.5 mi), and Sugarloaf Ridge-Goose Pond Conservation Area (3.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Alexandria, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Alexandria outdoors
Conserved land
17%
4,669 of 27,565 acres
Trails
54 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
2,355 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
Cardigan Mountain State Forest
Managed by New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
977 acres6.5 mi of trail
Clark TrailVistamont TrailHolt TrailKimball Ski TrailAlexandria Ski Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Sugarloaf Ridge-Goose Pond Conservation Area
Managed by Lakes Region Conservation Trust
390 acres3.8 mi of trail
Elwell Trail (Yellow)Backwoods Trail (Blue)Around the Pond Trail (Red)Goose Pond Trail (Green)Brook Trail (White)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Welton Falls State Forest
Managed by New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
218 acres1.6 mi of trail
Lower Manning Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Cardigan Lodge
5
Wellington State Park
Park
116 acres1.4 mi of trail
Goose Pond Trail (Orange)Elwell Trail (Yellow)Around the Pond Trail (Red)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Forest Legacy Tract
Nature preserve
750 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
- Alexandria Town Forest53 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Victor's Woods80 ac
- Catterall Forest31 ac
- Mihovan Preserve30 ac
- Barrett Park17 ac
- Sudrabin Forest1 ac
Who protects the land
4,669 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,008 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 19 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
Next door
Alexandria and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Alexandria'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 29.4-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.