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Grafton Pond Reservation
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
908 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Grafton Pond Boat Launch Parking
Outdoors · Grafton
Grafton, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.8% of Grafton is conserved land, roughly 2,114 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Grafton Pond Reservation (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Grafton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Grafton outdoors
Conserved land
7.8%
2,114 of 26,964 acres
Trails
39 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
1,561 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
Blodgett Forest
Managed by Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
114 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
McDaniels Marsh Wildlife Management Area
Managed by NH Fish & Game
88 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Grafton Recreation Field
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
- Tucker Forest1 ac
Who protects the land
2,114 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 464 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 12 of 13 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
- Northern Rail Trail (bike route)7.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Grafton'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 26.8-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.