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Colt State Park
Park
486 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Bristol
Bristol, RI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.9% of Bristol is conserved land, roughly 768 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Colt State Park (2.8 mi), Perry-Tavares Farm Open Space (1.7 mi), and Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bristol, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bristol outdoors
Conserved land
5.9%
768 of 13,089 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
35 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.6 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
Perry-Tavares Farm Open Space
Park
106 acres1.7 mi of trail
Yellow TrailWhite TrailBlue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge
Managed by Audubon Society of Rhode Island
52 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
4
The Bristol Town Common
Park
9 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Paull Park
Park
20 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Independence Park
Park
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 20 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 20 parks & preserves
Colt State Park486 acres · 2.8 mi of trail
Perry-Tavares Farm Open Space106 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge52 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Audubon Society of Rhode Island
The Bristol Town Common9 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Paull Park20 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Independence Park4 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Rockwell Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Town of Bristol
Gooding Avenue24 acres
Naomi Street18 acres
Children's Grove8 acres
Who protects the land
768 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 353 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 45 of 84 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 paths6.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Baseball11
- Basketball9
- Pickleball8
- Soccer5
- Beach volleyball2
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Bristol and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 5.9% | 18.0 mi | 20 |
| Portsmouth | 13.5% | 33.7 mi | 5 |
| Warren | 14.1% | 6.7 mi | 6 |
| Tiverton | 16.6% | 24.9 mi | 12 |
| Barrington | 10.3% | 13.8 mi | 17 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bristol'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.