1
Gordon Barker Town Forest
Managed by Stratham Conservation Commission
125 acres2.9 mi of trail
Kitty Rock TrailSouth Eagle Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Stratham
Stratham, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Stratham is conserved land, roughly 1,928 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gordon Barker Town Forest (2.9 mi) and Stratham Hill Park (2.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Stratham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Stratham outdoors
Conserved land
20%
1,928 of 9,863 acres
Trails
18 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
249 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.4 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
Stratham Hill Park
Managed by Town of Stratham
86 acres2.8 mi of trail
Lovell Road TrailRivendellNorth Eagle TrailSouth Eagle TrailLincoln Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Great Bay Discovery Center
Managed by NH Fish & Game
48 acres0.4 mi of trail
Woodland Walk
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Squamscott River Wildlife Management Area
Managed by NH Fish & Game
139 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 6 parks & preserves
- Scammon Forest86 ac · Directions
- Stevens Park21 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,928 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,254 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 34 of 55 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Equestrian7
- Multi-sport5
- Baseball5
- Softball3
- Tennis2
- Beach volleyball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Stratham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratham | 19.5% | 17.9 mi | 6 |
| Exeter | 31.5% | 61.4 mi | 18 |
| Newfields | 27.1% | 18.3 mi | 6 |
| Greenland | 17.7% | 5.9 mi | 11 |
| Newmarket | 25.7% | 12.5 mi | 22 |
| North Hampton | 22.4% | 10.0 mi | 21 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Stratham'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 20-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.