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Outdoors in Hobart Bay

More than half of Hobart Bay’s land is conserved: 61%

61% of Hobart Bay’s land is conserved, about 46,455 acres.

Conserved land
61%
46,455 acres · of 119.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Tongass National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
73,874 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Chuck River Wilderness

Managed by United States Forest Service
12,897 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Who protects it

46,455 conserved acres

61% of Hobart Bay’s land. Water is left out: Hobart Bay has 119.4 square miles of land and 9.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hobart Bay’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service46,461 ac
National Forest · 46,409 acConservation Easement · 52 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 46 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tongass National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service46,409Open

Questions about parks and trails in Hobart Bay

Are dogs allowed on Hobart Bay’s trails?

Tongass National Forest and Chuck River Wilderness don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Hobart Bay?

3,602 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hobart Bay or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 479 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hobart Bay neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →