1
Maidstone Bends Preserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
619 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Northumberland
Northumberland, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Northumberland is conserved land, roughly 5,079 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Maidstone Bends Preserve (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Northumberland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Northumberland outdoors
Conserved land
22%
5,079 of 23,380 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
2,798 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
Cape Horn State Forest
Managed by New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
2,195 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Northumberland Watershed Forest
Nature preserve
443 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Bag Hill Town Forest
Managed by Town of Northumberland
203 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
- Lost Nation Preserve124 ac
- Nash Stream Forest6 ac
- Eames Wayside Area2 ac
Who protects the land
5,079 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 263 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 15 of 22 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
- Tennis2
- Softball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Northumberland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Northumberland'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 27.9-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.