1
Franklin Falls Reservoir
Managed by United States Army Corps of Engineers
1,142 acres20.8 mi of trail
Old Route 3APiney PointSniperWhalebackStump
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Franklin
Franklin, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Franklin is conserved land, roughly 3,319 acres. There are about 53 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Franklin Falls Reservoir (20.8 mi), Great Gains Memorial Forest (7.5 mi), and Lawrence W. and Caroline B. Robie Forest (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Franklin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Franklin outdoors
Conserved land
18%
3,319 of 18,549 acres
Trails
53 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
377 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.2 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
Great Gains Memorial Forest
Managed by Franklin Conservation Commission
612 acres7.5 mi of trail
Paradise CityFear of the DarkElks LoopHoly DiverTaia's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Lawrence W. and Caroline B. Robie Forest
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
341 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Odell Park
Park
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 15 parks & preserves
- Montgomery Road Forest485 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Webster Lake Wildlife Management Area151 ac
- Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site145 ac
- Griffin Road Forest34 ac
- State Forest Nursery25 ac
- Mill City Park15 ac
- Daniell Park5 ac · Directions
- Stone Park1 ac
- River’s Edge Park1 ac
- Forest Hills Park1 ac
- Trestle View Park1 ac
Who protects the land
3,319 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 854 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 27 of 38 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 paths0.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Northern Rail Trail (bike route)7.1 mi
- Winnipesaukee Trail (bike route)0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Tennis2
- Football1
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Franklin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 17.9% | 52.9 mi | 15 |
| Northfield | 3.3% | 49.8 mi | 12 |
| Sanbornton | 13.3% | 47.9 mi | 6 |
| Salisbury | 12.6% | 28.8 mi | 8 |
| Tilton | 1.3% | 10.8 mi | 4 |
| Andover | 26% | 48.9 mi | 11 |
| Boscawen | 17.3% | 40.4 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Franklin'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 23.9-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.