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Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Lands
Managed by Blue Hills Foundation
1,842 acres9.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Parker Mountain Trailhead
Outdoors · Strafford
Strafford, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Strafford is conserved land, roughly 9,186 acres. There are about 71 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Lands (9.6 mi), Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land (8.1 mi), and Strafford Town Forest (7.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Strafford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Strafford outdoors
Conserved land
28%
9,186 of 32,573 acres
Trails
71 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 37 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
2,133 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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Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land
Managed by Blue Hills Foundation
2,159 acres8.1 mi of trail
Spencer Smith Trail (red)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Parker Mountain Trailhead
3
Strafford Town Forest
Managed by Strafford Conservation Commission
1,246 acres7.3 mi of trail
Neil Mooers Trail (orange)Spencer Smith Trail (red)Link Trail (blue)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Blue Hills Foundation Lands
Managed by Blue Hills Foundation
1,344 acres4.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Isinglass River Conservation Reserve
Managed by Strafford Conservation Commission
398 acres3.8 mi of trail
Snowmobile PathBeaver Pond LoopFoss Mill TrailMeadow LoopCattle Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Johnsonboro Road Preserve
Managed by Bear-Paw Regional Greenways
200 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 15 parks & preserves
- Big River Basin Lot - Town Forest77 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Dupee Lot28 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Leighton Forest110 ac
- Annie French Lot20 ac
- Spruce Ponds Wetlands12 ac
- Berry River Lots7 ac
- Wathne Lot/Town Forest6 ac
- Northwood Ridge Water Supply Land2 ac
- Bow Lake Public Boat Access2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
9,186 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 6,558 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 39 of 49 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
Next door
Strafford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strafford | 28.2% | 70.5 mi | 15 |
| Farmington | 13.3% | 38.7 mi | 11 |
| Barnstead | 5.3% | 48.3 mi | 5 |
| Barrington | 23% | 72.7 mi | 19 |
| Northwood | 16.2% | 38.9 mi | 21 |
| Rochester | 8.9% | 45.6 mi | 11 |
| Pittsfield | 10.4% | 37.3 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Strafford'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 32.4-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.