1
Ashuelot River Headwaters Forest
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
1,808 acres2.7 mi of trail
Silver Mountain Trail (Yellow)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lempster
Lempster, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of Lempster is conserved land, roughly 4,037 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ashuelot River Headwaters Forest (2.7 mi), Long Pond Town Forest (1.3 mi), and Dodge Brook State Forest (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lempster, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lempster outdoors
Conserved land
19%
4,037 of 20,825 acres
Trails
27 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
named on the map
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
Long Pond Town Forest
Managed by Town of Lempster
610 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Dodge Brook State Forest
Managed by NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
229 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Perkins Town Forest
Managed by Town of Lempster
208 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
- Honey Brook State Forest203 ac
- Lempster Town Forest102 ac
- Diehl Family Forest41 ac
- Gallop Marsh Wildlife Management Area12 ac
- Pillsbury State Park10 ac
- Farnsworth Hill Forest2 ac
Who protects the land
4,037 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 538 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 16 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
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Lempster and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lempster | 19.4% | 27.1 mi | 10 |
| Acworth | 15.7% | 54.9 mi | 5 |
| Washington | 37.1% | 60.0 mi | 23 |
| Unity | 12.4% | 40.0 mi | 13 |
| Goshen | 42.2% | 20.9 mi | 5 |
| Marlow | 13.8% | 28.2 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lempster'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 21.1-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.