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Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
415 acres4.6 mi of trail
Cross Refuge TrailFoster Cove TrailGrassy Point Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Charlestown
Charlestown, RI parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Charlestown is conserved land, roughly 8,184 acres. There are about 60 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge (4.6 mi) and Kimball Refuge (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Charlestown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Charlestown outdoors
Conserved land
22%
8,184 of 37,817 acres
Trails
60 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 50 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
1,017 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.1 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
Kimball Refuge
Nature preserve
29 acres0.5 mi of trail
Vin Gormley TrailToupoysett Pond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
Who protects the land
8,184 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 937 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 139 of 171 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 paths2.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis26
- Pickleball7
- Basketball5
- Baseball4
- Volleyball2
- Soccer1
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Charlestown and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown | 21.6% | 59.8 mi | 2 |
| Richmond | 34.1% | 57.1 mi | 9 |
| South Kingstown | 22.9% | 47.5 mi | 17 |
| Hopkinton | 20% | 51.8 mi | 6 |
| Westerly | 10.8% | 60.6 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Charlestown'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 30.4-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.