Outdoors · Bridgewater

Bridgewater, NH parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.9% of Bridgewater is conserved land, roughly 398 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bridgewater, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Bridgewater outdoors

Conserved land
2.9%
398 of 13,799 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
340 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

12
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.
1

Bridgewater Town Forest

Managed by Town of Bridgewater
62 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Sawhegenet Falls Recreation Area

Managed by Town of Bridgewater
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

398 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
247 ac
Town or city
62 ac
Other state land
19 ac
Not recorded
78 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 320 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 5 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

Bridgewater and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Bridgewater2.9%12.3 mi2
Bristol5.3%11.4 mi8
New Hampton12.2%25.6 mi13
Ashland26.8%16.4 mi9
Plymouth13%19.7 mi7
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Bridgewater'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.

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