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Moose River Congregational ChurchMoose River Congregational Church · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Jackman

Few parks or trails are on the map in Jackman

6 acres are parks and preserves, 8.9 per 1,000 residents. 53 miles of mapped trail cross Jackman, 1.3 per square mile of land. 4% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
1%
236 acres · of 41.3 sq mi of land
Trails
53 mi
1.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
8.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
4%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,018 ft
Owls Head
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

236 conserved acres

1% of Jackman’s land. Who manages Jackman’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits370 ac
Regional agency66 ac
State fish & wildlife17 ac
Conservation Easement · 218 acForest Stewardship Easement · 152 acLocal Other or Unknown · 66 acState Conservation Area · 17 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 152 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 5 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Jackman- Moose River
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency66Unknown
Moose River
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife17Closed
Things to do

1 places to go in Jackman

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Jackman
Owls Head2,018 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Snowmobile ITS 899.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
2Pickleball
1Basketball
1Tennis
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Moose River Congregational ChurchBuilding · listed 1998
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Jackman: May, August and September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212433466069747265513827
Rain (in)2.92.63.03.63.95.04.74.23.74.83.53.8

February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 74 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Jackman →

Next door

Jackman and its neighbors

Jackman has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Jackman— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Moose River— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Jackman

Is there public land near Jackman?

1,179 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jackman or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Jackman neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →