Outdoors · Holderness
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About 23% of Holderness is conserved land, roughly 5,207 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Burleigh Land LP Conservation Easement (8.8 mi), Squam Lakes Natural Science Center (2.7 mi), and Webster Ridge Conservation Easement (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Holderness, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
23%
5,207 of 22,720 acres
Trails
41 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 21 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
2,716 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.4 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
🏖️ Birch Beach 🏖️ Edna-Maude Beach 🏖️ South Beach 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛶 Holderness Landing 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Squam Lakes Natural Science Center 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Webster Ridge Conservation Easement 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Armstrong Natural Area ⛰️ Mount Webster ⛰️ Mount Prospect ⛰️ The Button ⛰️ Mount Livermore ⛰️ West Rattlesnake ⛰️ Cotton Mountain ⛰️ Mount Fayal ⛰️ Pine Hill ⛰️ Shepard Hill 🏕️ Bowman #1 🏕️ Bowman #2 🏕️ Bowman #3 🏕️ Bowman #4 🏕️ Bowman cabin 🏕️ Camp Deerwood 🏕️ Moon #1 🏕️ Moon #2 🏕️ Moon #3 🏕️ Owl's Landing Campground 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Burleigh Land LP Conservation Easement Managed by Lakes Region Conservation Trust
2,147 acres8.8 mi of trail
Crawford-Ridgepole Trail Brooks Fisher Trail Mount Morgan Trail Prescott Trail Cotton Mountain Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Squam Lakes Natural Science Center Nature preserve
209 acres2.7 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Webster Ridge Conservation Easement Managed by Squam Lakes Conservation Society
475 acres1.6 mi of trail
Crawford-Ridgepole Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
4 Armstrong Natural Area Managed by University of New Hampshire
134 acres1.4 mi of trail
Old Bridle Path Ramsey Trail Ridge Trail Pasture Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
5 Owl Brook Training Facility Managed by NH Fish & Game
504 acres1 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
6 Pinehurst Managed by Pinehurst Association
113 acres0.8 mi of trail
Pasture Trail Col Trail Ridge Trail East Rattlesnake Trail Five Finger Point Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
7 Livermore Falls State Forest Managed by NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
28 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
🌲 Burleigh Land LP Conservation Easement 2,147 acres · 8.8 mi of trail · Lakes Region Conservation Trust
🌲 Squam Lakes Natural Science Center 209 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
🌲 Webster Ridge Conservation Easement 475 acres · 1.6 mi of trail · Squam Lakes Conservation Society
🌲 Armstrong Natural Area 134 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · University of New Hampshire
🌲 Owl Brook Training Facility 504 acres · 1 mi of trail · NH Fish & Game
🌲 Pinehurst 113 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Pinehurst Association
🌲 Livermore Falls State Forest 28 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
🌲 West Squam Rangeway 147 acres · Squam Lakes Conservation Society
🌲 Pilote Forest 104 acres · Holderness Conservation Commission
🌲 Pemi Oxbow Preserve 95 acres · Squam Lakes Conservation Society
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Holderness Show all on map
🏕️ Bowman #1 Squam Lakes Association
🏕️ Bowman #2 Squam Lakes Association
🏕️ Bowman #3 Squam Lakes Association
🏕️ Bowman #4 Squam Lakes Association
🏕️ Bowman cabin Squam Lakes Association
🏕️ Moon #1 Squam Lakes Association
🏕️ Moon #2 Squam Lakes Association
🏕️ Moon #3 Squam Lakes Association
🏕️ Owl's Landing Campground
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 8.8 mi
Showing 1–10 of 21 trails
Crawford-Ridgepole Trail 4.5 mi Mount Prospect Trail 1.9 mi Trail 1.4 mi Brooks Fisher Trail 1.2 mi Old Highway South 1.1 mi Mount Morgan Trail 1.0 mi Prescott Trail 0.9 mi Undercut Trail 0.9 mi Old Bridle Path 0.9 mi Cotton Mountain Trail 0.7 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
5,207 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
8,069 ac Other or Unknown Local Government
37 ac State fish & wildlife
8 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,355 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 104 of 134 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 0.4 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 12 Soccer 8 Softball 2 Baseball 2 Basketball 1 Football 1 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Holderness
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Unknown Easement 3,320 ac Conservation Easement 3,056 ac Private Conservation 2,159 ac State Other or Unknown 505 ac Local Other or Unknown 107 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Burleigh Private Conservation Land trusts & nonprofits 1,616 Access unknown Owl Brook Training Facility State Other or Unknown Not recorded 508 Access unknown Science Center of New Hampshire Private Conservation Not recorded 191 Access unknown West Squam Rangeway Private Conservation Not recorded 145 Open Pinehurst Private Conservation Land trusts & nonprofits 114 Access unknown Pilote Local Other or Unknown Other state land 104 Access unknown Holderness Town Forest Local Resource Management Area Not recorded 50 Access unknown Cotton Mountain Private Conservation Land trusts & nonprofits 38 Access unknown Livermore Falls State Forest State Resource Management Area Not recorded 30 Access unknown Newsom Memorial Forest Private Conservation Not recorded 21 Access unknown
History
Historic places to visit
🏛️ Piper Homestead In Squam Lakes Natural Science Center · Ruins
🪦 Merrill Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Squam Bridge Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Trinity Churchyard Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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 24.8-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.
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