1
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
232 acres2.7 mi of trail
Ocean View LoopFlint Point LoopPrice Neck Overlook
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Middletown
Middletown, RI parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Middletown is conserved land, roughly 1,583 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge (2.7 mi), Middletown Valley Park (1.4 mi), and Norman Bird Sanctuary (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middletown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middletown outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,583 of 9,408 acres
Trails
20 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
94 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.1 mi lanes · 0.5 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
Middletown Valley Park
Park
51 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Norman Bird Sanctuary
Nature preserve
223 acres1.2 mi of trail
Quarry Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Albro Woods
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
- Purgatory Chasm2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Paradise Valley Park21 ac · Directions
- Linden Park5 ac
- Dunlap-Wheeler Park1 ac · Directions
- Green End Fort1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,583 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 795 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 73 of 142 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball16
- Tennis15
- Basketball12
- Lacrosse6
- Equestrian5
- Football1
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Middletown and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown | 16.8% | 20.2 mi | 9 |
| Portsmouth | 13.5% | 33.7 mi | 5 |
| Newport | 7.3% | 16.3 mi | 17 |
| Jamestown | 8.5% | 11.2 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middletown'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.