1
Knowles Pond Conservation Area
Managed by Northfield Conservation Commission
81 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Northfield
Northfield, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.3% of Northfield is conserved land, roughly 603 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Knowles Pond Conservation Area (1.6 mi), Glines Park (0.9 mi), and Richard Smart Conservation Area (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Northfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Northfield outdoors
Conserved land
3.3%
603 of 18,366 acres
Trails
50 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
121 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
Glines Park
Managed by Town of Northfield
56 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Richard Smart Conservation Area
Managed by Northfield Conservation Commission
24 acres0.6 mi of trail
Richard Smart Conservation Area
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Stillhouse Forest
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
195 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 12 parks & preserves
- Surrette Park9 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Arch Park12 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sotir Conservation Area38 ac
- Ayers State Forest8 ac
- Pines Park8 ac
- Roger & Gloria Blais Riverview Conservation Area2 ac · Directions
- Granite Mills Conservation Area1 ac · Directions
- Tilton Island Park1 ac
Who protects the land
603 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 131 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 11 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
- Winnipesaukee Trail (bike route)1.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Soccer2
- Tennis1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Northfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield | 3.3% | 49.8 mi | 12 |
| Tilton | 1.3% | 10.8 mi | 4 |
| Franklin | 17.9% | 52.9 mi | 15 |
| Boscawen | 17.3% | 40.4 mi | 12 |
| Canterbury | 18.3% | 47.2 mi | 14 |
| Belmont | 6.2% | 6.4 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Northfield'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 24.4-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.