Outdoors · Little Compton

Little Compton, RI parks, trails & bike paths

About 23% of Little Compton is conserved land, roughly 4,190 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Little Compton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Little Compton outdoors

Conserved land
23%
4,190 of 18,337 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
1,169 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

123
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.
1

Eight Rod Farm

Managed by Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
80 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Donavan Marsh

Nature preserve
55 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Fogland Marsh Preserve

Managed by The Nature Conservancy
19 acres
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

4,190 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
2,310 ac
State conservation
655 ac
Joint
628 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
420 ac
State natural resources
403 ac
Other state land
207 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
56 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,116 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 206 of 341 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

  • Tennis15
  • Pickleball2
  • Baseball2
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Little Compton and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Little Compton22.9%11.3 mi3
Tiverton16.6%24.9 mi12
Westport17.5%20.6 mi44
Portsmouth13.5%33.7 mi5
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Little Compton'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 20.7-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.

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