Outdoors · Chatham

Chatham, NH parks, trails & bike paths

About 77% of Chatham is conserved land, roughly 27,867 acres. There are about 82 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Chatham outdoors

Conserved land
77%
27,867 of 36,392 acres
Trails
82 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 63 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
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

123
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

Green Hills Preserve

Managed by The Nature Conservancy
355 acres
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Chatham Town Land

Nature preserve
52 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Hurricane Mountain Common Land

Managed by Town of Conway
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

27,867 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
31,509 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
819 ac
Not recorded
122 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 458 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 10 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

Chatham and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Chatham76.6%81.9 mi3
Stow29.2%42.6 mi4
Conway31.5%153.9 mi31
Bartlett52.9%89.8 mi14
Jackson65.4%112.1 mi10
Fryeburg12.4%34.2 mi21
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Chatham'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 27.4-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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