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Rhododendron State Park
Park
1,188 acres4.7 mi of trail
Metacomet-Monadnock Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Richmond
Richmond, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Richmond is conserved land, roughly 3,271 acres. There are about 52 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rhododendron State Park (4.7 mi), Quint Preserve (1.3 mi), and Bennett Town Forest (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Richmond, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Richmond outdoors
Conserved land
14%
3,271 of 24,000 acres
Trails
52 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
2,489 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
Quint Preserve
Managed by Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
285 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Bennett Town Forest
Nature preserve
312 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Barden Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
126 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
- Bennett Gorge8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Richmond Town Forest - Allen Lot53 ac
- Richmond Town Forest - Taylor-Newell Lot43 ac
- Richmond Town Forest - Sheperdson Lot5 ac
- Amidon Park2 ac
Who protects the land
3,271 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,925 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 19 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
- Tennis4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Richmond and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 13.6% | 52.0 mi | 9 |
| Winchester | 28.1% | 60.0 mi | 9 |
| Troy | 15% | 20.3 mi | 6 |
| Swanzey | 9.8% | 52.4 mi | 10 |
| Fitzwilliam | 7.7% | 35.3 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Richmond'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 21.9-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.