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Ossipee Mountains Forest Legacy Tract
Nature preserve
2,963 acres19.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Ossipee
Ossipee, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Ossipee is conserved land, roughly 9,373 acres. There are about 110 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ossipee Mountains Forest Legacy Tract (19.2 mi), Pine River State Forest (5.4 mi), and Charles C. Norman Munroe Preserve (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ossipee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ossipee outdoors
Conserved land
20%
9,373 of 47,869 acres
Trails
110 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 37 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
2,073 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.
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Pine River State Forest
Managed by State of New Hampshire
995 acres5.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Charles C. Norman Munroe Preserve
Managed by Moose Mountains Regional Greenways
174 acres2.2 mi of trail
Loop TrailBoundary TrailRiver Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
370 acres2 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Thurley Mountain Preserve
Managed by Moose Mountains Regional Greenways
627 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Heath Pond Bog Natural Area
Managed by NH Department of Resources & Economic Development
471 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Merrow Preserve at Dan Hole Pond
Managed by Moose Mountains Regional Greenways
199 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Constitution Park
Managed by Town of Ossipee
109 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 20 parks & preserves
- Thissell Smith Memorial Forest165 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Window on the Ossipees17 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Bearcamp Woodlands205 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Stimson Forest43 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Ossipee Lake Natural Area442 ac
- Little Pine River State Forest79 ac
- Garland Pond Wildlife Management Area69 ac · Directions
- Ossipee Town Forest25 ac
- Garland Pond Tract12 ac
- Lord Pines State Forest11 ac · Directions
- Y-Field5 ac
- Cleveland Beach2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
9,373 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,660 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 42 of 50 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
- Baseball2
- Tennis2
- Multi-sport1
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
- Pickleball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ossipee and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ossipee | 19.6% | 109.7 mi | 20 |
| Freedom | 20% | 50.7 mi | 7 |
| Effingham | 29.7% | 38.3 mi | 11 |
| Wolfeboro | 9% | 33.5 mi | 26 |
| Tamworth | 44.6% | 66.2 mi | 31 |
| Tuftonboro | 17% | 29.1 mi | 13 |
| Moultonborough | 30.8% | 81.2 mi | 20 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ossipee'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 43.1-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.