1
Mary & Quentin Hutchins Forest
Managed by Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
89 acres1.2 mi of trail
Burnham Brook LoopTree Farm Loop
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Canterbury
Canterbury, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Canterbury is conserved land, roughly 5,197 acres. There are about 47 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mary & Quentin Hutchins Forest (1.2 mi) and Shaker State Forest (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Canterbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Canterbury outdoors
Conserved land
18%
5,197 of 28,437 acres
Trails
47 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
14
2,209 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
Shaker State Forest
Managed by NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
226 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Rocky Pond Conservation Area
Managed by Canterbury Conservation Commission
94 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Muchyedo Banks Wildlife Management Area
Managed by NH Fish & Game
274 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 14 parks & preserves
- Morrill Pond Wildlife Management Area77 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Schoodac Conservation Area196 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- River Land Conservation Area68 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Paul & Thelma Ambeau Memorial Forest20 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Ayers State Forest48 ac
- Kimball Pond Conservation Area41 ac
- Stillhouse Forest20 ac
- Canterbury Town Forest20 ac
- Peverly Meadow Conservation Area11 ac
- Holt Road Marsh State Wildlife Manangement Area1 ac
Who protects the land
5,197 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4,039 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 69 of 80 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
- Golf2
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Canterbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury | 18.3% | 47.2 mi | 14 |
| Boscawen | 17.3% | 40.4 mi | 12 |
| Loudon | 10.2% | 48.2 mi | 7 |
| Concord | 25.1% | 147.4 mi | 60 |
| Northfield | 3.3% | 49.8 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Canterbury'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 29.3-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.