1
Greater Goose Pond Forest
Managed by City of Keene
1,071 acres15.9 mi of trail
JumpRope TowWild ThingsKamikaze SlalomWarning Track
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Keene
Keene, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Keene is conserved land, roughly 5,068 acres. There are about 81 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Greater Goose Pond Forest (15.9 mi), Beech Hill Preserve (3.9 mi), and Robin Hood Park (3.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Keene, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Keene outdoors
Conserved land
21%
5,068 of 23,749 acres
Trails
81 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi · 28 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
221 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.0 mi
0.7 mi lanes · 4.0 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
Beech Hill Preserve
Managed by City of Keene
187 acres3.9 mi of trail
CliffsideBeech Hill TrailSunset Rocks trailTabootMoose
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Robin Hood Park
Managed by City of Keene
116 acres3.9 mi of trail
Robin Hood TrailReservoir Street Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Horatio Colony Nature Preserve
Managed by Antioch University
329 acres2.3 mi of trail
Red DiamondRidgeline Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Ashuelot River Park
Managed by City of Keene
250 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Beaver Brook Canyon
Managed by City of Keene
44 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 21 parks & preserves
- Fuller Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wheelock Park132 ac · Directions
- Stearns Hill120 ac
- Yale Toumey Forest103 ac
- Water Tower Lot19 ac
- Ladies Wildwood Park15 ac · Directions
- Shadow Lake Park10 ac
- American Legion Fields9 ac · Directions
- Patricia T. Russell Park5 ac · Directions
- Ellis-Harrison Park4 ac
- North Street Park4 ac
- Keene Watershed Land2 ac
- Wood Street Field2 ac
- Old Stone Arch Bridge Park1 ac
- Hickey-Desilets Pocket Park1 ac
Who protects the land
5,068 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,275 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 42 of 61 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.3 mi
- Cheshire Recreational Rail Trail (bike route)5.6 mi
- Cheshire Recreational Rail Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball13
- Tennis10
- Soccer6
- Basketball4
- Football1
- Volleyball1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Keene and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Keene'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.