South Shore TrailsBeaver Dam Conservation Area
Located in Plymouth, Beaver Dam Conservation Area is a 783 acre property featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is ideal for hiking and birding. The trail's western leg now…
Plymouth
34 trails
Sole-source aquifer town
Wildlands Trust, major conservation partner
Plymouth protects more than a quarter of its land as open space, from the pine barrens of Halfway Pond Conservation Area to the Beaver Dam Conservation Area's ponds and wetlands.
Landscape
More than a quarter of Plymouth's land is protected open space, with the Town of Plymouth Open Space Committee overseeing more than a dozen conservation lands, including large properties like the Beaver Dam Conservation Area. Halfway Pond Conservation Area features pine barren forests and habitat for the state-listed Plymouth red-bellied turtle.
Conservation
The Town of Plymouth has worked with Wildlands Trust as one of its most significant conservation partners, using Community Preservation Act funding to protect open space, including nearly 1,000 acres of conservation restrictions acquired in a single 2020 transaction. Much of this work has centered on protecting Plymouth's sole source aquifer.
Useful Links
- Town of Plymouth Open Space Committee
- https://www.plymouth-ma.gov
- Wildlands Trust
- https://www.wildlandstrust.org
34 trails in Plymouth
Billington Street Park
Located in Plymouth, Billington Street Park is a 4 acre property in this state park system. The 1. 5 mile trail is ideal for hiking and picnicking. The site marks…
Black Cat Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Black Cat Preserve is a 63 acre property featuring scenic pond views. The 3 mile trail is ideal for hiking and fishing. The Town acquired the land…
Center Hill Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Center Hill Preserve is a 98 acre property with natural wetland habitats. This trail system is ideal for hiking and swimming. Center Hill West is thickly wooded…
Clear Pond Conservation Area
Located in Plymouth, Clear Pond Conservation Area is a 12 acre property featuring scenic pond views. The 0. 6 mile trail is perfect for hiking. 6-mile circular trail that loops…
Comassakumkanut Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Comassakumkanut Preserve is a 71 acre property featuring scenic pond views. The 0. 8 mile trail is perfect for hiking. 8-mile trail winds through mixed upland forest…
Crawley Woodlands Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Crawley Woodlands Preserve is a 70 acre property featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is ideal for hiking and fishing. Steep rolling hills peak near the…
Darby Pond Well Water Protection Land
Located in Kingston, Darby Pond Well Water Protection Land is a 42 acre property featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. Parting Ways is a 42-acre…
David E. Alper Nature Preserve
David E. Alper Nature Preserve is a 6 acre property featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is ideal for hiking and kayaking. 6-acre property at the end of Little…
Davis-Douglas Farm
Located in Plymouth, Davis-Douglas Farm featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. Trails from the farm connect directly into Emery Preserve West and Six Ponds East…
Dixon Preserve at Hio Hill
Located in Plymouth, Dixon Preserve at Hio Hill is a 116 acre property. This trail system is ideal for hiking and birding. The Town acquired the land in 2018, and…
Eel River Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Eel River Preserve is a 40 acre property featuring scenic pond views. The 1. 5 mile trail is perfect for hiking. A flat, 2-mile perimeter trail begins…
Eight Ponds Pass
Eight Ponds Pass featuring scenic pond views. The 9 mile trail is perfect for hiking. The Town's 2026 trail guide covers the completed eastern segment, roughly 4-5 miles from Beaver…
Ellisville Harbor State Park
Located in Plymouth, Ellisville Harbor State Parkin this state park system. This trail system is perfect for hiking. The trail is primarily used for walking and is dog friendly. Also…
Emery Preserve East
Located in Plymouth, Emery Preserve East featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. The trail winds up a hill that is part of the Ellisville Moraine,…
Emery Preserve West + Six Ponds East Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Emery Preserve West + Six Ponds East Preserve featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. Both preserves were assembled with strong support from…
Foothills Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Foothills Preserve is a 126 acre property with natural wetland habitats. This trail system is ideal for hiking and biking. of Energy and Environment storage barn in…
Halfway Pond Conservation Area
Located in Plymouth, Halfway Pond Conservation Area featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. The pond supports the Plymouth red-bellied turtle -- an endemic population of…
Hedges Pond Recreation Area & Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Hedges Pond Recreation Area & Preserve featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. The Town's Recreation Department uses the site for day camps…
Holmes Reservation
Located in Plymouth, Holmes Reservation is a 26 acre property. The 0. 6 mile trail is perfect for hiking. There are no formal trails, just a mowed path around the…
Indian Brook Conservation Area + Manomet Recreation Area
Located in Plymouth, Indian Brook Conservation Area + Manomet Recreation Area is a 210 acre property featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. A recently cleared…
Jack Medeiros Memorial Recreation Area
Located in Plymouth, Jack Medeiros Memorial Recreation Area featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. Look for the simple trailheads along the entrance road and around…
Kapell Pinnacle Preserve
Kapell Pinnacle Preserve is a 51 acre property featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. The property sits within the Zone II wellhead protection area for…
Lyman Reserve
Lyman Reserve featuring scenic pond views. This trail system offers a pleasant recreational experience. Red Brook is one of the few Massachusetts coastal streams supporting sea-run (anadromous) fish and holds…
Morton Park
Located in Plymouth, Morton Park is a 200 acre property featuring scenic pond views. The 4 mile trail accommodates swimming, picnicking, and kayaking. Little Pond, a kettle hole, supports non-motorized…
Plymouth Town Forest
Located in Plymouth, Plymouth Town Forest is a 317 acre property featuring scenic pond views. The 2. 5 mile trail is perfect for hiking. 5 miles of woodland trails, with…
Rocky Point Preserve
Located in Duxbury, Rocky Point Preservewith natural wetland habitats. The 0. 4 mile trail is perfect for hiking. 4-mile trail, winding through forest and freshwater wetlands to a vista atop…
Russell & Sawmill Ponds Conservation Area
Located in Plymouth, Russell & Sawmill Ponds Conservation Area featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. It is one of several Plymouth Division of Natural Resources…
Russell Mill Pond Conservation Area
Located in Plymouth, Russell Mill Pond Conservation Area is a 150 acre property featuring scenic pond views. The 1. 5 mile trail is perfect for hiking. 5 miles of trails…
Shifting Lots Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Shifting Lots Preservein this state park system. This trail system offers a pleasant recreational experience. Long privately owned, the property drew increasing numbers of visitors through the…
South Triangle Pond Conservation Area
Located in Plymouth, South Triangle Pond Conservation Area is a 47 acre property featuring scenic pond views. The 2 mile trail is perfect for hiking. The two properties pair well…
Tidmarsh
Tidmarshalong scenic waterways. This trail system offers a pleasant recreational experience. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, and many other organizations, re-created nearly three and a half miles of…
Town Brook Trail + Patuxet Preserve
Located in Plymouth, Town Brook Trail + Patuxet Preserveshowcasing historic significance. The 1. 5 mile trail is perfect for hiking. 5-mile walking path through the heart of historic Plymouth, running…
Whispering Woods Conservation Area
Located in Plymouth, Whispering Woods Conservation Area featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. The short loop winds through mixed forest with real topographic variety, following…