1
Bachelder Town Forest
Managed by Loudon Conservation Commission
186 acres2.8 mi of trail
Blue LoopHarry-O CircuitNew TrailConnector TrailKenney Road Connector
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Loudon
Loudon, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Loudon is conserved land, roughly 3,039 acres. There are about 48 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bachelder Town Forest (2.8 mi), Lovejoy Trails (1.2 mi), and Soucook River State Forest (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Loudon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Loudon outdoors
Conserved land
10%
3,039 of 29,704 acres
Trails
48 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
534 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
Lovejoy Trails
Managed by Town of Loudon
132 acres1.2 mi of trail
Martha's TrailBoardwalk Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Soucook River State Forest
Managed by NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
48 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Holt Road Marsh State Wildlife Manangement Area
Managed by NH Fish & Game
110 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
- Boisvert & Normand Nature Preserve81 ac · Directions
- Jessica Kirby Memorial Trails15 ac · Directions
- Oak Hill City Forest2 ac
Who protects the land
3,039 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,272 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 26 of 38 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
- Tennis2
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
- Softball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Loudon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loudon | 10.2% | 48.2 mi | 7 |
| Canterbury | 18.3% | 47.2 mi | 14 |
| Chichester | 7.6% | 16.5 mi | 6 |
| Gilmanton | 18.2% | 55.3 mi | 25 |
| Concord | 25.1% | 147.4 mi | 60 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Loudon'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 31.5-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.