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Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land
Managed by Blue Hills Foundation
400 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Barnstead
Barnstead, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Barnstead is conserved land, roughly 1,517 acres. There are about 48 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Barnstead, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Barnstead outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
1,517 of 28,572 acres
Trails
48 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
304 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
Cilley Meadows Wetland Area
Managed by Town of Barnstead
47 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Upper Suncook Recreation Area
Managed by Town of Barnstead
28 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Blue Hills Foundation Lands
Managed by Blue Hills Foundation
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
- The Parade2 ac
Who protects the land
1,517 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,026 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 16 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
- Basketball3
- Equestrian2
- Tennis2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Barnstead and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstead | 5.3% | 48.3 mi | 5 |
| Gilmanton | 18.2% | 55.3 mi | 25 |
| Alton | 10.3% | 54.9 mi | 30 |
| Pittsfield | 10.4% | 37.3 mi | 7 |
| Strafford | 28.2% | 70.5 mi | 15 |
| Farmington | 13.3% | 38.7 mi | 11 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Barnstead'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 30.1-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.