Outdoors · Meredith
Share Meredith, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Meredith is conserved land, roughly 4,469 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hamlin Recreation and Conservation Area (5.8 mi), Page Pond Community Forest (4.1 mi), and Meredith Community Forest (2.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Meredith, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
13%
4,469 of 34,710 acres
Trails
41 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 23 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
661 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
🏖️ Leavitt Beach 🏖️ Waukewan Beach 🏖️ Waukewan Beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏊 Unnamed swimming spot 🛝 Meredith Center Playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛶 Pickering Park Boat Ramp 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Hesky Park 💧 Unnamed waterfall 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Hamlin Recreation and Conservation Area 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Meredith Community Forest 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Meredith Community Forest 🔭 Unnamed scenic view 🔭 Unnamed scenic view 🔭 Unnamed scenic view ⛰️ Leavitt Mountain ⛰️ Leighton Mountain ⛰️ Ladd Mountain ⛰️ Saddle Hill ⛰️ Snow Dragon Mountain ⛰️ Bachelder Hill ⛰️ Gilman Hill ⛰️ Oak Hill ⛰️ Pinnacle Hill ⛰️ Millstone Hill ⛰️ Stonedam Island HP 🏕️ Clearwater Campground 🏕️ Harbor Hill Camping Area 🏕️ Meredith Woods 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Hamlin Recreation and Conservation Area Managed by Meredith Conservation Commission
310 acres5.8 mi of trail
Red Trail Yellow Trail Blue Trail Pink Trail Pink Path
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Page Pond Community Forest Managed by Meredith Conservation Commission
793 acres4.1 mi of trail
Yellow Trail Blue Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Meredith Community Forest Managed by Meredith Conservation Commission
186 acres2.9 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Bear Island Forest Managed by Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
153 acres2.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
5 Stonedam Island Conservation Area Managed by Lakes Region Conservation Trust
111 acres2.1 mi of trail
Long Loop Trail (red) Main Loop Trail (yellow) Swamp Loop Trail (blue) Picnic Trail Long Loop Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
6 Barbara R. Smyth Conservation Easement Managed by Meredith Conservation Commission
152 acres1.7 mi of trail
Pink Trail Pink Path
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
7 Frances Austin Eames Recreation & Conservation Area Managed by Meredith Conservation Commission
189 acres1.4 mi of trail
Pink Trail Blue Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
8 Swasey Park Managed by Town of Meredith
7 acres0.7 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
All 25 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 25 parks & preserves
🌲 Hamlin Recreation and Conservation Area 310 acres · 5.8 mi of trail · Meredith Conservation Commission
🌲 Page Pond Community Forest 793 acres · 4.1 mi of trail · Meredith Conservation Commission
🌲 Meredith Community Forest 186 acres · 2.9 mi of trail · Meredith Conservation Commission
🌲 Bear Island Forest 153 acres · 2.3 mi of trail · Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
🌲 Stonedam Island Conservation Area 111 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Lakes Region Conservation Trust
🌲 Barbara R. Smyth Conservation Easement 152 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · Meredith Conservation Commission
🌲 Frances Austin Eames Recreation & Conservation Area 189 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · Meredith Conservation Commission
🌳 Swasey Park 7 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Town of Meredith
🌲 Five Mile Island Conservation Area 8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Lakes Region Conservation Trust
🌳 Waukewan Highlands Community Park 186 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Town of Meredith
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Meredith Show all on map
Showing 1–10 of 11 peaks
⛰️ Leavitt Mountain 1,394 ft elevation
⛰️ Leighton Mountain 1,375 ft elevation · In Leighton Town Forest
⛰️ Ladd Mountain 1,325 ft elevation
⛰️ Saddle Hill 1,286 ft elevation
⛰️ Snow Dragon Mountain 1,204 ft elevation
⛰️ Bachelder Hill 1,175 ft elevation
⛰️ Gilman Hill 1,043 ft elevation
⛰️ Oak Hill 955 ft elevation
⛰️ Pinnacle Hill 906 ft elevation
⛰️ Millstone Hill 787 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 2.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 12 trails
Yellow Trail 3.0 mi Pink Trail 2.6 mi Red Trail 2.4 mi Blue Trail 2.3 mi Long Loop Trail (red) 1.0 mi Main Loop Trail (yellow) 0.6 mi Island Loop Trail 0.4 mi Swamp Loop Trail (blue) 0.4 mi Laverack Nature Trail 0.3 mi Pink Path 0.3 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 14 places
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Who protects the land
4,469 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
1,874 ac State natural resources
304 ac Other or Unknown Local Government
234 ac USDA easements (NRCS)
120 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,757 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 86 of 100 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 0.0 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 13 Basketball 3 Soccer 3 Softball 2 Skate park 1 Baseball 1 Football 1 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Meredith
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 3,371 ac Local Resource Management Area 1,352 ac State Resource Management Area 435 ac Private Conservation 403 ac Unknown Easement 387 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Page Brook Forest Local Resource Management Area Town or city 563 Open Chemung State Forest State Resource Management Area Not recorded 435 Access unknown Town Forest - Hamlin Recreation Area Local Resource Management Area State natural resources 311 Access unknown Frances A. Eames Recreation and Wildlife Area Local Other or Unknown Not recorded 189 Access unknown Waukewan Highlands Park Local Park Not recorded 187 Access unknown Meredith Town Forest Local Resource Management Area Not recorded 185 Access unknown Leighton Town Forest Local Resource Management Area Not recorded 143 Access unknown Stonedam Island Natural Area Private Conservation Not recorded 108 Access unknown Storer Lot Private Conservation Not recorded 90 Access unknown Bear Island Conservation Association Private Conservation Not recorded 81 Access unknown
History
Historic places to visit
🏛️ Glenn P. Hart Memorial Walkway Plaque
🏛️ Glenn P. Hart Memorial Walkway Plaque
🏛️ Mill Falls Marketplace and The Inn at Mill Falls Plaque · 1985-05
🏛️ Mill Falls Waterfall Plaque
🏛️ Winnipesaukee Railway Railway car
🏛️ Spindle Point Lighthouse Historic site
🪦 Laconia State School Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Oakland Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Robinson Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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 39.4-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.
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