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Hedgehog Mountain Forest
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
1,081 acres4.5 mi of trail
Hedgehog Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Deering
Deering, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 34% of Deering is conserved land, roughly 6,721 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hedgehog Mountain Forest (4.5 mi), Vincent State Forest (2.7 mi), and Wilkins-Campbell Forest (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Deering, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Deering outdoors
Conserved land
34%
6,721 of 19,860 acres
Trails
35 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
3,468 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
Vincent State Forest
Managed by NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
296 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Wilkins-Campbell Forest
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
267 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Beatrice Trum Hunter Preserve
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
255 acres0.7 mi of trail
Hedgehog Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
High Five
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
53 acres0.7 mi of trail
Hedgehog Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Tom Rush Forest
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
297 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Hodgdon Pasture
Managed by New England Foresty Foundation
128 acres0.6 mi of trail
Hedgehog Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 17 parks & preserves
- Dudley Pond Forest135 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Deering Wildlife Sanctuary798 ac
- John & Anna King Forest320 ac
- Edward Cobbett Forest103 ac
- Young Forest70 ac
- Burke Family Wildlife Preserve61 ac
- Gerard J. Dumas Forest32 ac
- Standke Tract21 ac
- Gregg Hill Nature Preserve14 ac
- Tyrrell Waters Tract12 ac
Who protects the land
6,721 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,161 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 74 of 83 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
- Hillsborough Recreational Rail Trail (bike route)4 mi
Next door
Deering and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deering | 33.8% | 34.7 mi | 17 |
| Antrim | 21.9% | 34.8 mi | 10 |
| Hillsborough | 18.4% | 44.0 mi | 17 |
| Bennington | 10.5% | 13.9 mi | 3 |
| Francestown | 32.7% | 58.2 mi | 16 |
| Weare | 23.8% | 67.4 mi | 30 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Deering'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 20.7-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.