1
Deland Memorial Forest
Managed by New England Forestry Foundation
688 acres3.7 mi of trail
SweetHall PassBoneyardChandelier
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · New Boston
New Boston, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of New Boston is conserved land, roughly 5,210 acres. There are about 47 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Deland Memorial Forest (3.7 mi), Lydia Dodge Town Forest (3.2 mi), and Woodland Associates Forest (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Boston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Boston outdoors
Conserved land
19%
5,210 of 27,479 acres
Trails
47 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
28
845 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.9 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
Lydia Dodge Town Forest
Managed by New Boston Forestry Committee
242 acres3.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Woodland Associates Forest
Managed by Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
200 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Betsey Dodge Conservation Area
Managed by New Boston Conservation Commission
84 acres2.1 mi of trail
New Boston Recreational Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Saunders Pasture Conservation Area
Managed by New Boston Conservation Commission
72 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Frances Hildreth Townes Memorial Forest
Managed by New England Forestry Foundation
589 acres1.6 mi of trail
Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Sherburne Town Forest
Managed by New Boston Forestry Committee
60 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Skofield Conservation Area
Managed by New Boston Conservation Commission
39 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 28 parks & preserves
- Mill Pond Conservation Area16 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Bob Todd Town Forest58 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Lang Station State Forest253 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Siemeze Town Forest84 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Colby Town Forest9 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Tuthill Woodlands Preserve179 ac
- Kingsbury Timber - Moore Lot122 ac
- Gallerani Conservation Area81 ac
- Bog Brook Preserve52 ac
- George Thomas Wildlife Sanctuary44 ac
- Bunting Wildlife Sanctuary39 ac
- West Lull Conservation Area33 ac
- New Boston Town Forest26 ac
- Martin & Martha Colburn Meadow Preserve25 ac
- Lyndeboro Road Conservation Area - West20 ac
- Lyndeboro Road Conservation Area - East16 ac
- Follansbee Town Forest11 ac
- Lamson Farm3 ac
- Kingsbury Timber / Butterfield-Smith Lot3 ac
- Dennison Pond Forest3 ac
Who protects the land
5,210 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,780 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 77 of 84 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 paths3.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
New Boston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Boston | 19% | 47.0 mi | 28 |
| Goffstown | 16% | 95.2 mi | 18 |
| Francestown | 32.7% | 58.2 mi | 16 |
| Bedford | 9.2% | 28.2 mi | 31 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Boston'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 24.7-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.