1
Pisgah State Park
Nature preserve
4,665 acres16.6 mi of trail
Fullam Pond TrailSouth Woods Tr.Hubbard Hill TrailReservoir TrailLily Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Chesterfield
Chesterfield, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Chesterfield is conserved land, roughly 7,357 acres. There are about 62 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pisgah State Park (16.6 mi), Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area (2.3 mi), and California Brook Natural Area (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chesterfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Chesterfield outdoors
Conserved land
24%
7,357 of 30,245 acres
Trails
62 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
2,031 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
Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area
Managed by NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
464 acres2.3 mi of trail
Wantastiquet Mountain Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
California Brook Natural Area
Managed by Monadnock Conservancy
1,052 acres2.2 mi of trail
Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail (Prouty Road -Chesterfield Rd)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Madame Sherri Forest
Managed by Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
506 acres2 mi of trail
Anne Stokes Loop TrailMine Ledge TrailWantastiquet Mountain Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
5
Chesterfield Gorge Natural Area
Managed by NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
- Friedsam Town Forest208 ac · Directions
- Otter Pond Forest137 ac
- Pierce Island State Park6 ac
- Ware's Grove Town Beach4 ac
- North Shore Town Beach1 ac
Who protects the land
7,357 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,716 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 25 of 30 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
- Tennis2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Chesterfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | 24.3% | 61.5 mi | 10 |
| Westmoreland | 9.4% | 52.8 mi | 4 |
| Swanzey | 9.8% | 52.4 mi | 10 |
| Hinsdale | 13% | 23.1 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Chesterfield'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 25.5-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.