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Bellamy River Wildlife Management Area
Managed by NH Fish & Game
420 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Dover
Dover, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Dover is conserved land, roughly 3,684 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bellamy River WMA (3.4 mi), Franklin-McElheny Preserve (1.1 mi), and Bellamy River Wildlife Sanctuary (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dover, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dover outdoors
Conserved land
20%
3,684 of 18,476 acres
Trails
33 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
110 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.5 mi
1.2 mi lanes · 0.7 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-McElheny Preserve
Managed by Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
52 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Bellamy River Wildlife Sanctuary
Managed by Audubon Society of NH
38 acres1 mi of trail
Clement's Point TrailBellamy Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Bellamy Park
Managed by City of Dover
34 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Garrison Hill Park
Managed by City of Dover
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 22 parks & preserves
- Woodman Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Guppey Park40 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Beckwith Ballfields6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Dover Little League Fields5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Park Street Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cocheco River Wildlife Management Area144 ac
- Sullivan Field and Playground30 ac
- Bellamy River Wildlife Management Area East18 ac · Directions
- Long Hill Memorial Park14 ac · Directions
- Hilton Park9 ac · Directions
- Henry Law Park5 ac · Directions
- Applevale Park5 ac · Directions
- Willand Pond Recreation Area3 ac · Directions
- Morningside Park3 ac
- Willand Pond Area1 ac
- Spruce Lane Park1 ac
- The Joe B Parks Riverwalk Public Gardens1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,684 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,817 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 129 of 191 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis19
- Baseball12
- Pickleball9
- Basketball6
- Soccer4
- Football4
- Equestrian3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Dover and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | 19.9% | 32.5 mi | 22 |
| Rollinsford | 19.1% | 9.6 mi | 5 |
| South Berwick | 22.3% | 34.3 mi | 15 |
| Newington | 19.2% | 8.6 mi | 6 |
| Madbury | 27.3% | 30.3 mi | 16 |
| Somersworth | 11.8% | 13.9 mi | 9 |
| Rochester | 8.9% | 45.6 mi | 11 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dover'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 26.5-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.