1
The Bowl Research Natural Area
Nature preserve
645 acres2.2 mi of trail
Rollins TrailTom Wiggin TrailBlueberry Ledge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Waterville Valley
Waterville Valley, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 44% of Waterville Valley is conserved land, roughly 18,168 acres. There are about 79 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in The Bowl Research Natural Area (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Waterville Valley, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Waterville Valley outdoors
Conserved land
44%
18,168 of 40,987 acres
Trails
79 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 51 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
4.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.5 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.
Who protects the land
18,168 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 3 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 paths4.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis18
- Pickleball2
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
- Skate park1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Waterville Valley and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Waterville Valley'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 30.5-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.
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