1
Manchester Waterworks
Managed by City of Manchester
842 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Manchester
Manchester, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Manchester is conserved land, roughly 3,005 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Manchester Waterworks (3 mi), Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve (2.1 mi), and Livingston Park (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Manchester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Manchester outdoors
Conserved land
14%
3,005 of 22,228 acres
Trails
35 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
44
26 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
13.5 mi
7.2 mi lanes · 5.0 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
Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
632 acres2.1 mi of trail
Woodland LoopRhododendron LoopAccessible TrailCedar Loop
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Livingston Park
Park
133 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Derryfield Park
Park
84 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Sheehan-Basquil Park
Park
8 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Sheridan-Emmet Park
Park
6 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Pine Island Park
Managed by City of Manchester
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Lake TrailMoore Cemetery Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Precourt Park
Park
17 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 44 parks & preserves
- Massabesic Lake Park16 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Crystal Lake Park15 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lafayette Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Enright Park1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Wolfe Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Veterans Memorial Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wagner Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Sullivan Family Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Sweeney Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Howe Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Stanton Plaza Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- SNHU Arena Entrance Gate1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Rock Rimmon Park140 ac · Directions
- Blodgett Park / Black Brook57 ac · Directions
- Stevens Pond Park43 ac · Directions
- Stark Park13 ac · Directions
- Ellingwood Street Wildlife Management Area8 ac · Directions
- Saint Anthony's Park8 ac · Directions
- Gossler Park6 ac · Directions
- Prout Park6 ac · Directions
- Steven's Park5 ac · Directions
- Medford Park5 ac
- Youngsville Park4 ac
- Cullerot Park4 ac · Directions
- Barbara Shaw Park4 ac · Directions
- Raco-Theodore Park3 ac · Directions
- Oak Park3 ac
- Goffs Falls Park3 ac
- Bronstein Park2 ac · Directions
- Pulaski Park2 ac · Directions
- Victory Park2 ac · Directions
- Kalivas Park2 ac · Directions
- Simpson Park2 ac · Directions
- Bass Island Park1 ac · Directions
- Arms Park1 ac · Directions
- Harriman Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,005 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 574 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 35 of 67 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes7.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball56
- Tennis49
- Basketball29
- Soccer25
- Football8
- Pickleball6
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Manchester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Manchester'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 28.3-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.