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Arcadia Management Area
Nature preserve
9,073 acres81.8 mi of trail
North South TrailMt. Tom TrailDeep Pond trailTippecansett trailEscoheag Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Exeter
Exeter, RI parks, trails & bike paths
About 35% of Exeter is conserved land, roughly 13,037 acres. There are about 112 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Arcadia Management Area (81.8 mi), Fisherville Brook Preserve (4.4 mi), and Cuttyhunk Brook Preserve (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Exeter, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Exeter outdoors
Conserved land
35%
13,037 of 37,146 acres
Trails
112 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 96 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
1,812 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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.
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Fisherville Brook Preserve
Managed by Audubon Society of Rhode Island
701 acres4.4 mi of trail
Split Rock Trail (Orange Trail)Red Trail (Outer Loop)Pond Loop (Blue Trail)White Trail (Inner Loop)White/Red Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cuttyhunk Brook Preserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
359 acres1.9 mi of trail
Cuttyhunk Brook Preserve Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the trailhead
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Marion Eppley Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
783 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 8 parks & preserves
- Queen River Preserve260 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Dawley Memorial Park32 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Brownell Plot73 ac
- Dawley Memorial State Park10 ac
Who protects the land
13,037 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 881 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 116 of 136 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Basketball4
- Tennis2
- Multi-sport1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Exeter and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | 35.1% | 111.7 mi | 8 |
| North Kingstown | 17.7% | 61.8 mi | 7 |
| West Greenwich | 50.8% | 178.4 mi | 7 |
| Richmond | 34.1% | 57.1 mi | 9 |
| South Kingstown | 22.9% | 47.5 mi | 17 |
| Hopkinton | 20% | 51.8 mi | 6 |
| Voluntown | 66.4% | 83.1 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Exeter'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 32.7-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.