William J. J. Gordon Forest
Managed by New England Forestry Foundation
85 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Lisbon
Lisbon has 37 miles of mapped trails, 1.4 for every square mile of land
29 acres are parks and preserves, 18 per 1,000 residents. 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Lisbon’s land is conserved, about 322 acres.
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
322 acres · of 26.2 sq mi of land
Trails
37 mi
1.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
29 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
48%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,578 ft
Pine Hill
Lakes & rivers
5
What kind of outdoors town is Lisbon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lisbon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lisbon is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lisbon’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical NH town 19% · U.S. 4%C+Trails1.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (37 mi) · NH 1.2 · U.S. 0.4APark land18 acres of park per 1,000 residents (29 acres) · NH 44 · U.S. 13BParks close to home48% of residents within a half mile of a park · NH 40% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 61%
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New Hampshire towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 19%; the U.S., 4%), so Lisbon’s 2% is ahead of 1% of New Hampshire towns, while its trails per square mile lead 64% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Ammonoosuc River Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
21 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Lisbon Lions Club Community Fields
Managed by Lisbon Lions Club
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Mathews- Simpson - Page
Managed by Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
322 conserved acres
2% of Lisbon’s land. Who manages Lisbon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits359 ac
Not recorded141 ac
Conservation Easement · 359 acPrivate Conservation · 98 acWatershed Protection Area · 43 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 181 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 8 of 12 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Memorial Forest Private Conservation | Not recorded | 76 | Unknown |
| Lisbon Water Department Land Watershed Protection Area | Not recorded | 43 | Unknown |
| Ammonoosuc River Wildlife Management Area Private Conservation | Not recorded | 21 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Lisbon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Peaks in Lisbon
Pine Hill1,578 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail and 5 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 29.6 mi
Ammonoosuc Rail Trail7.6 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.
Ammonoosuc Recreational TrailBike route
7.5 miCross New Hampshire Adventure TrailBike route
6.4 miCourts & fields
1Basketball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Lisbon InnBuilding · listed 1980
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Lisbon: May 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 27 | 31 | 40 | 53 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 44 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Lisbon →
Next door
Lisbon and its neighbors
Lisbon has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | 2% | 1.4 | 18 | 48% | B |
| Landaff | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Littleton | 9% | 1.8 | 20 | 51% | A− |
| Lyman | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Sugar Hill | — 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 Lisbon
How much of Lisbon is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 19% for a New Hampshire town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Lisbon’s trails?
William J. J. Gordon Forest and Ammonoosuc River Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lisbon?
46,031 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lisbon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 29 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lisbon have?
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Lisbon 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 →