1
Manchester Waterworks
Managed by City of Manchester
1,882 acres6.6 mi of trail
Fire Road 80Chester TurnpikeFerret TrailLost TrailFire Road 82
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Hooksett
Hooksett, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Hooksett is conserved land, roughly 5,738 acres. There are about 42 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Manchester Waterworks (6.6 mi), Bear Brook State Park (5.4 mi), and Massabesic Headwaters Preserve (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hooksett, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hooksett outdoors
Conserved land
24%
5,738 of 23,616 acres
Trails
42 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
381 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
Bear Brook State Park
Nature preserve
971 acres5.4 mi of trail
Lost TrailHall Mountain TrailFerret TrailChester Turnpike
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Massabesic Headwaters Preserve
Managed by Bear-Paw Regional Greenways
1,394 acres2.6 mi of trail
Chester Turnpike
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Clay Pond Headwaters Conservation Area
Managed by Hooksett Conservation Commission
751 acres2.5 mi of trail
Ferret Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Head's Pond Conservation Area
Managed by Hooksett Conservation Commission
436 acres1.2 mi of trail
Heads Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Pinnacle Park
Managed by Hooksett Conservation Commission
42 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Quimby Mountain
Managed by Hooksett Conservation Commission
100 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 13 parks & preserves
- Peters Brook Park15 ac
- Merrimack River Boat Access Facility2 ac · Directions
- Lambert Park2 ac · Directions
- Nottingcook Forest1 ac
- Fraser Memorial Park1 ac
- Veterans Park At Jacob Square1 ac
Who protects the land
5,738 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,941 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 28 of 57 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
- Tennis11
- Baseball10
- Basketball8
- Beach volleyball2
- Football2
- Soccer2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Hooksett and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooksett | 24.3% | 41.6 mi | 13 |
| Manchester | 13.5% | 34.7 mi | 44 |
| Allenstown | 56.6% | 59.7 mi | 5 |
| Auburn | 29.1% | 58.5 mi | 6 |
| Candia | 16.2% | 25.3 mi | 12 |
| Bow | 20.9% | 80.4 mi | 21 |
| Dunbarton | 30.3% | 40.4 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hooksett'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 25.6-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.