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Ahern State Park
Park
129 acres5.2 mi of trail
BackboneEscapeRusty BedspringLower JakesYo Benson
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Laconia
Laconia, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.9% of Laconia is conserved land, roughly 1,307 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ahern State Park (5.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Laconia, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Laconia outdoors
Conserved land
7.9%
1,307 of 16,586 acres
Trails
22 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
76 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.4 mi lanes · 0.3 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
Opechee Bay State Forest
Managed by New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development
47 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Bond Beach Park
Managed by City of Laconia
29 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Paugus Bay State Forest
Managed by NH Department of Resources & Economic Development
252 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 22 parks & preserves
- Opechee Park17 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Wyatt Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Stewart Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Rotary Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Huston-Morgan State Forest156 ac
- Prescott State Forest118 ac
- Swain State Forest101 ac
- Hamel State Forest39 ac
- Weirs Community Park22 ac · Directions
- Memorial Park18 ac · Directions
- Pickerel Pond Conservation Land16 ac
- Robbie Mills Sports Complex10 ac
- Leavitt Park7 ac · Directions
- Endicott Rock Park5 ac · Directions
- Bartlett Beach3 ac · Directions
- Eager Island3 ac · Directions
- Tardif Park2 ac
- Sanborn Park2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,307 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 337 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 10 of 28 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis24
- Basketball8
- Baseball6
- Pickleball2
- Soccer2
- Skate park1
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Laconia and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laconia | 7.9% | 21.8 mi | 22 |
| Meredith | 12.9% | 41.4 mi | 25 |
| Gilford | 24.6% | 83.6 mi | 18 |
| Belmont | 6.2% | 6.4 mi | 12 |
| Sanbornton | 13.3% | 47.9 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Laconia'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 22.2-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.