Amesbury Trails

Discover over 1000 acres of open space, and 20+ miles of trails, paths and cycleways

Powow Conservation Area

Powow Conservation Area. Click to expand.

Powow River  Conservation Area (Po Hill)

Amesbury Town Forest

Amesbury Town Forest. Click to expand.

Amesbury Town Forest

Battis Farm

Battis Farm. Click to expand.

Battis Farm Conservation Area

Woodsom Farm

Woodsom Farm. Click to expand.

Woodsom Farm

Deer Island

Deer Island. Click to expand.

Deer Island

Merrimack Landing

Merrimack Landing. Click to expand.

Merrimack Landing Conservation Area

Amesbury Riverwalk

Amesbury Riverwalk. Click to expand.

Amesbury Riverwalk Trail

Lake Gardner

Lake Gardner. Click to expand.

Lake Gardner

Powow River

Powow River. Click to expand.

The Powow River

Meadowbrook & Tuxbury Ponds

Meadowbrook & Tuxbury Ponds. Click to expand.

Adjacent ponds, Tuxbury offering more extensive exploration of wetlands and wild flatwater.

Lake Attitash

Lake Attitash. Click to expand.

Lake Attitash

Amesbury Powderhouse

Amesbury Powderhouse. Click to expand.

The Powder House Conservation Area

Powow Conservation Area

Powow River  Conservation Area (Po Hill)

  • Owner: City of Amesbury (Conservation Commission)
  • Protection Status: Permanent (Article 97)
  • Established: 1985, Self-Help State Grant
  • Size: 133 acres (including Battis and AES open space)

Amesbury Town Forest

Amesbury Town Forest

  • Owner: City of Amesbury (Conservation Commission)
  • Protection Status: Various
  • Established: 1938 
  • Size: 141 acres (including Bartlett and other adjacent parcels)

Battis Farm

Battis Farm Conservation Area

  • Owner: City of Amesbury (Conservation Commission)
  • Protection Status: Permanent (Article 97)
  • Established: 1985, Self-Help State Grant
  • Size: 60 acres

Woodsom Farm

Woodsom Farm

  • Owner: City of Amesbury

  • Status: A City Park (Article 97)

  • Established: 1989, Purchase

  • Size: 365 acres

Deer Island

Deer Island

  • Owner: City of Amesbury
  • Protection Status: Article 97
  • Established: 1984, Self-Help State Grant
  • Size: 4.7 acres (6.1 at low tide)

Merrimack Landing

Merrimack Landing Conservation Area

  • Owner: City of Amesbury
  • Protection Status: Conservation Deed
  • Established: 2006 via cluster development
  • Size: 102.38

Amesbury Riverwalk

Amesbury Riverwalk Trail

  • Owner: Various (Amesbury, recreational trail easements)
  • Protection Status: Permanent
  • Established: 1999
  • Length: 1.3 miles

Lake Gardner

Lake Gardner

  • Owner: Amesbury
  • Created: 1872
  • Length: 1.3 miles
  • Area: 80 acres
  • Max Width: 0.25 miles
  • Max Depth: 17ft

Powow River

The Powow River

  • 4.3 miles from Tuxbury Pond to Lake Gardner

  • 1.4 miles from the Millyard Falls to the Merrimack River

Meadowbrook & Tuxbury Ponds

Adjacent ponds, Tuxbury offering more extensive exploration of wetlands and wild flatwater.

Lake Attitash

Lake Attitash

  • Owner: Massachusetts
  • Width: 1 mile
  • Area: 360 acres
  • Max Depth: 30ft

Amesbury Powderhouse

The Powder House Conservation Area

  • Owner: City of Amesbury (Conservation Commission)
  • Protection Status: Permanent (Article 97)
  • Established: 2001-2004, Cluster
  • Size: 12 acres total