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Crist Farm Walking Trails
Managed by Bridgewater Retirement Community
20 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bridgewater
Bridgewater, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.1% of Bridgewater is conserved land, roughly 49 acres. There are about 3.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Crist Farm Walking Trails (1.2 mi) and Wildwood Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bridgewater, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bridgewater outdoors
Conserved land
3.1%
49 of 1,609 acres
Trails
3.9 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
7 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.
2
Wildwood Park
Park
10 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cooks Creek Arboretum
Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Oakdale Community Park
Park
36 acres0.2 mi of trail
Gen-Oak Connector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Crist Farm Walking Trails20 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Bridgewater Retirement Community
Wildwood Park10 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Cooks Creek Arboretum9 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Oakdale Community Park36 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Bridgeview Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sandy Bottom Park16 acres
Harrison Park16 acres
Whitelow Park5 acres
Edgebriar Park3 acres
Shiverwood Park2 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Bridgewater
Kayak LaunchIn Edgebriar Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.8 mi
- Gen-Oak Connector0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
49 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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
- Baseball11
- Tennis6
- Basketball3
- Football3
- Soccer3
- Beach volleyball1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Bridgewater
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 49 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale Community ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Wildwood ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Harrison ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Bridgeview ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Seven Bridges ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Wynant ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Bridgewater Historic DistrictDistrict
Memorial GardenIn Oakdale Community Park · Plaque
Greenwood CemeteryCemetery
Oaklawn CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bridgewater'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.