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Wellington State Park
Park
111 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bristol
Bristol, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Bristol is conserved land, roughly 739 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wellington State Park (1.5 mi) and Franklin Falls Reservoir (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bristol, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bristol outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
739 of 13,939 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
226 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.8 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
Franklin Falls Reservoir
Managed by United States Army Corps of Engineers
210 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Sugar Hill State Forest
Managed by NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
67 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Newfound Lake Watershed Land
Nature preserve
29 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- Catterall Forest172 ac
- Kelley Park7 ac · Directions
- Cummings Beach2 ac
- Mill Stream Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
739 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 245 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 10 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 paths0.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Soccer2
- Basketball1
- Tennis1
- Beach volleyball1
- Football1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bristol and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 5.3% | 11.4 mi | 8 |
| Bridgewater | 2.9% | 12.3 mi | 2 |
| New Hampton | 12.2% | 25.6 mi | 13 |
| Hill | 27.9% | 34.4 mi | 7 |
| Alexandria | 16.9% | 54.1 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bristol'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 23.7-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.