1
Birch Ridge Community Forest
Managed by Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
2,634 acres7.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · New Durham
New Durham, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of New Durham is conserved land, roughly 5,362 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Birch Ridge Community Forest (7.8 mi), Collins Family Forest (4.3 mi), and Beaver Brook WMA (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Durham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Durham outdoors
Conserved land
19%
5,362 of 27,878 acres
Trails
44 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
1,951 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
Collins Family Forest
Managed by Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
491 acres4.3 mi of trail
Mount MollyHomestead TrailOwl's HeadCollins PathChesley Connector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Beaver Brook Wildlife Management Area
Managed by NH Fish & Game
225 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Ellis R. Hatch Jr. Wildlife Management Area
Managed by New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
192 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Cooper Cedar Woods
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
134 acres0.6 mi of trail
Main LoopEsker Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
6
Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area
Managed by Town of New Durham
22 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Coldrain Pond Wildlife Management Area
Managed by NH Fish & Game
62 acres0.3 mi of trail
Coldrain Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
- Jennings Forest390 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Mount Bet271 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- New Durham Town Forest138 ac
- WidowMaker Farm137 ac
- Powdermill Fish Hatchery97 ac
- Merrymeeting Marsh Wildlife Management Area88 ac · Directions
- Meetinghouse Park6 ac
- Merrymeeting Lake Dam2 ac
Who protects the land
5,362 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,670 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 21 of 28 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
- Baseball3
- Basketball2
- Tennis2
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
New Durham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Durham | 19.2% | 43.9 mi | 15 |
| Alton | 10.3% | 54.9 mi | 30 |
| Farmington | 13.3% | 38.7 mi | 11 |
| Brookfield | 27.3% | 28.7 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Durham'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 28.2-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.