1
Gunstock Mountain Resort
Park
1,673 acres23.2 mi of trail
Cobble Mountain LoopBrook TrailOverlook Trail (orange)MapleRidge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Gilford
Gilford, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 25% of Gilford is conserved land, roughly 8,363 acres. There are about 84 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gunstock Mountain Resort (23.2 mi), Belknap Mountain State Forest (8.8 mi), and Wilson Weeks Town Forest (6.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gilford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gilford outdoors
Conserved land
25%
8,363 of 34,050 acres
Trails
84 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 65 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
1,068 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
Belknap Mountain State Forest
Managed by New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
1,495 acres8.8 mi of trail
East Gilford TrailRound Pond TrailRound Pond / Piper LinkBlue TrailWhite Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Wilson Weeks Town Forest
Managed by Gilford Conservation Commission
381 acres6.5 mi of trail
Yellow TrailCut-Off TrailRidge TrailGES Nature TrailTree Farm Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Griswold Scout Reservation
Managed by Daniel Webster Council, Inc.
486 acres4.9 mi of trail
Red TrailKlem-Mack LoopMack Ridge Trail (Orange)Round Pond-Piper LinkDave Roberts Quarry Trail (White)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Piper Mountain Conservation Area
Managed by Lakes Region Conservation Trust
681 acres3.1 mi of trail
Piper-Whiteface LinkRound Pond / Piper LinkWhiteface Trail (Blue)Old Piper TrailVista Trail (yellow)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
6
Kimball Wildlife Forest
Managed by Town of Gilford
260 acres2.1 mi of trail
Quarry TrailLakeview Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Weeks Woods
Managed by Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
106 acres1.9 mi of trail
Yellow Lower LoopBlue Upper Loop
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Avis P. Smart Woods
Managed by Lakes Region Conservation Trust
32 acres0.9 mi of trail
Loop TrailSpur TrailConnector Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
- Powell Town Forest404 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- John M. & Eileen R. Weeks Conservation Area67 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Peverly Town Forest143 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Ellacoya State Park103 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Carye Family Woods381 ac
- Winsheblo Forest210 ac
- Robert Tilton Town Forest133 ac
- Gilford Village Fields27 ac · Directions
- Gilford Beach16 ac
- Stonewall Park8 ac
Who protects the land
8,363 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,131 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 69 of 76 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
- Tennis18
- Soccer9
- Baseball5
- Pickleball5
- Basketball3
- Football2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Gilford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gilford'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 28.9-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.