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Green Animals Topiary Garden
Park
7 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Portsmouth
Portsmouth, RI parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Portsmouth is conserved land, roughly 5,094 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Green Animals Topiary Garden (0.7 mi) and Pheasant Drive Public Access Point (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Portsmouth, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Portsmouth outdoors
Conserved land
14%
5,094 of 37,779 acres
Trails
34 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
289 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Pheasant Drive Public Access Point
Park
37 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Farnham Farm
Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Mt. Hope Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
5,094 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,565 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 82 of 159 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 paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis24
- Baseball16
- Soccer9
- Basketball8
- Equestrian5
- Multi-sport3
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Portsmouth and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | 13.5% | 33.7 mi | 5 |
| Bristol | 5.9% | 18.0 mi | 20 |
| Tiverton | 16.6% | 24.9 mi | 12 |
| Warwick | 6.4% | 24.9 mi | 9 |
| North Kingstown | 17.7% | 61.8 mi | 7 |
| Middletown | 16.8% | 20.2 mi | 9 |
| Jamestown | 8.5% | 11.2 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Portsmouth'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 35.1-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.