1
Richard Sargent Wildlife Management Area (Unit 3)
Managed by NH Fish & Game
146 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Newton
Newton, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Newton is conserved land, roughly 843 acres. There are about 9.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Richard Sargent Wildlife Management Area (Unit 3) (2.1 mi) and Busch Farm Conservation Area (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Newton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Newton outdoors
Conserved land
13%
843 of 6,335 acres
Trails
9.2 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
174 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.4 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
Busch Farm Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Newton, NH Conservation Commission
48 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Richard Sargent Wildlife Management Area (Unit 2)
Managed by NH Fish & Game
100 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Richard Sargent Wildlife Management Area (Unit 1)
Managed by NH Fish & Game
88 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
John Marden Conservation Land
Nature preserve
43 acres0.3 mi of trail
Peanut Spur Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
- Greenie Park29 ac · Directions
- Heath Street Parcel23 ac
- Hadley Road Conservation Land21 ac
- Roy Trust17 ac
- Pilgrim Homes Land11 ac
- Richard Sargent Management Area 411 ac
- Perkins Conservation Area3 ac
Who protects the land
843 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 73 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 23 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 paths1.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Basketball1
- Tennis1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Newton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 13.3% | 9.2 mi | 12 |
| South Hampton | 10% | 6.2 mi | 7 |
| Kingston | 19.5% | 24.8 mi | 18 |
| East Kingston | 16.9% | 5.1 mi | 2 |
| Plaistow | 12.1% | 14.7 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Newton'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 20-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.