1
Sawyer Conservation Area
Managed by Atkinson Conservation Commission
143 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Atkinson
Atkinson, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of Atkinson is conserved land, roughly 1,331 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sawyer Conservation Area (2 mi), Schafer Woods (1.9 mi), and Caroline Orr Town Forest (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Atkinson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Atkinson outdoors
Conserved land
19%
1,331 of 7,211 acres
Trails
18 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
183 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.3 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
Schafer Woods
Managed by Southeast Land Trust
144 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Caroline Orr Town Forest
Managed by Atkinson Conservation Commission
45 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Woodlock Trail System/Chadwick Town Forest
Managed by Town of Atkinson
33 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
5
Crown Hill Town Forest
Managed by Town of Atkinson
19 acres1 mi of trail
Skunk Skull
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Ruth Stickney Town Forest
Managed by Town of Atkinson
32 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Canoe/Kayak Launch Parking
7
Christa Slade Town Forest
Managed by Town of Atkinson
18 acres0.8 mi of trail
Blue TrailPink TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Ruth Marshall Town Forest
Managed by Atkinson Conservation Commission
32 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 19 parks & preserves
- Sawmill Swamp Town Forest82 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- French's Woodland Conservation Land8 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Noyes Wildflower Preserve7 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Marshall Trust Land33 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Plaistow Town Forest2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Ruth Marshall Forest2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Town Open Space71 ac · Directions
- Ruth D. McPherson Conservation Land29 ac
- Woodlock Recreation Area24 ac · Directions
- Collins Park10 ac
- West Road Conservation Area3 ac
Who protects the land
1,331 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 122 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 28 of 61 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 paths2.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Pickleball4
- Tennis2
- Soccer2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Atkinson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Atkinson'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.