1
Randall Park
Park
396 acres4.7 mi of trail
Hill PathProspect PathWilliams PathFenner PathAvenue B
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cranston
Cranston, RI parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.5% of Cranston is conserved land, roughly 1,249 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Randall Park (4.7 mi), John L. Curran State Park (3.6 mi), and Pawtuxet State Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cranston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cranston outdoors
Conserved land
6.5%
1,249 of 19,098 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.0 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 5.5 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.
2
John L. Curran State Park
Nature preserve
335 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Pawtuxet State Park
Park
73 acres1.2 mi of trail
Pawtuxet River TrailSilver Hook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
J.L. Curran State Park
Nature preserve
358 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 13 parks & preserves
- Sanders Playground Park1 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Oak Hill Tot Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Meshanticut State Park19 ac · Directions
- Cranston Stadium12 ac
- Dean Parkway6 ac
- Sivo Park1 ac
- Stillhouse Cove Park1 ac
- Itri Park1 ac
- The Gazebo1 ac
Who protects the land
1,249 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 762 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 41 of 79 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball31
- Basketball20
- Tennis20
- Golf7
- Beach volleyball2
- Soccer2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Cranston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranston | 6.5% | 16.2 mi | 13 |
| Warwick | 6.4% | 24.9 mi | 9 |
| Johnston | 6.3% | 25.7 mi | 3 |
| Providence | 8.2% | 28.1 mi | 77 |
| Scituate | 32.3% | 4.7 mi | 5 |
| Coventry | 18.1% | 37.9 mi | 11 |
| West Warwick | 3.6% | 1.6 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cranston'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 22.7-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.