About 12% of Dimock is conserved land, roughly 2,254 acres. There are about 9.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Woodbourne Forest Preserve (5.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dimock, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
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.
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Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 297 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 55 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife SanctuaryPrivate Conservation | Not recorded | 1,294 | Open |
| Robert S. Warriner TrustPrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 260 | Closed |
| Greenwood SanctuaryPrivate Conservation | Not recorded | 258 | Restricted |
| Dewey & Patricia HunsingerPrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 254 | Closed |
| White Rock Farm PreservePrivate Conservation | Not recorded | 208 | Open |
| Karl & Colleen GesfordPrivate Agricultural | Not recorded | 134 | Closed |
| HallPrivate Agricultural | Not recorded | 86 | Closed |
| John & Elizabeth HawleyPrivate Agricultural | Not recorded | 86 | Closed |
| Kevin StockholmPrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 85 | Closed |
| Matthew & Tiffany NeenanPrivate Agricultural | Not recorded | 75 | Closed |
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimock | 12% | 9.9 mi | 1 |
| Bridgewater | 8% | 7.0 mi | 1 |
| Springville | 0.9% | 3.0 mi | 0 |
| Brooklyn | 0.5% | 5.2 mi | 0 |
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.