Annett State Forest
Nature preserve
1,176 acres8.4 mi of trail
Green PineLogger pathGreen SquareGreen Diamond+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Carju451 at English Wikipedia · Public domainB+Outdoors
Outdoors in Rindge
21% of Rindge’s land is conserved: 5,032 acres
59 miles of mapped trail cross Rindge, 1.6 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Annett State Forest (8.4 mi), Pearly Lake Wildlife Management Area (3.6 mi), Rindge Town Forest (2.5 mi). 23% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns · #108 of 126 in New Hampshire. What drives it
Conserved land
21%
5,032 acres · of 37.1 sq mi of land
Trails
59 mi
1.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
52 ac
8.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
23%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.2 mi paths
Highest peak
1,421 ft
Todd Hill
Lakes & rivers
22
11 beaches · 3 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Rindge?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Rindge have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rindge is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns, #108 of 126 in New Hampshire. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rindge’s overall grade.
Conserved land21% of the land · typical NH town 19% · U.S. 4%ATrails1.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (59 mi) · NH 1.2 · U.S. 0.4APark land8.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (52 acres) · NH 44 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home23% 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 66%
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New Hampshire towns of 2,500+ (126)Ahead of 14%
New Hampshire towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 19%; the U.S., 4%), so Rindge’s 21% is ahead of 64% of New Hampshire towns, while its trails per square mile lead 75% of them.
Water is 7% of Rindge’s area (3 of 40 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 20%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. 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
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Annett State Forest, with 8.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Pearly Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by NH Fish & Game
636 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Rindge Town Forest
Managed by Rindge Conservation Commission
138 acres2.5 mi of trail
Tetreault Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Converse Meadow Conservation Area
Nature preserve
230 acres1.9 mi of trail
Converse Pathconverse pathConverse Path Camping Area
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Mattabaseck Wildlife Corridor
Nature preserve
227 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Miriam Hunt Memorial Forest
Managed by Rindge Conservation Commission
30 acres0.6 mi of trail
Blue dotRed dotYellow Dot
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Betsy Fosket Wildlife Sanctuary
Managed by Audubon Society of NH
36 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowed
No trailhead mapped yet
Tetreault Park
Managed by Rindge Conservation Commission
37 acres0.4 mi of trail
Tetreault Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
Annett State Forest1,176 acres · 8.4 mi of trail
DirectionsPearly Lake Wildlife Management Area636 acres · 3.6 mi of trail · NH Fish & Game
Rindge Town Forest138 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · Rindge Conservation Commission
Converse Meadow Conservation Area230 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
Mattabaseck Wildlife Corridor227 acres · 1 mi of trail
DirectionsMiriam Hunt Memorial Forest30 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Rindge Conservation Commission
Betsy Fosket Wildlife Sanctuary36 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Audubon Society of NH
Tetreault Park37 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Rindge Conservation Commission
Wellington Park36 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Town of Rindge
Contoocook Marsh Conservation Complex27 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Rindge Conservation Commission
DirectionsWapack Wilderness315 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Northeast Wilderness Trust
Perry Reservation150 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Society for the Protection of NH Forests
Perry Forest74 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
Nottingham Property64 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Sandback Wilderness205 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Monadnock Conservancy
Ford Family Nature Preserve9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
DirectionsStearns-Lamont Forest124 acres · Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Ridge Common1 acres
DirectionsWho protects it
5,032 conserved acres
21% of Rindge’s land. Water is left out: Rindge has 37.1 square miles of land and 2.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Rindge’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits5,582 ac
Joint337 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government157 ac
State natural resources157 ac
Private owners139 ac
Town or city31 ac
Not recorded1,838 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,918 acState Resource Management Area · 1,169 acPrivate Conservation · 566 acUnknown Easement · 296 acLocal Other or Unknown · 154 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,010 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 49 of 70 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annett State Forest State Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 1,169 | Unknown |
| Camp Wildwood Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 172 | Closed |
| Bullet Pond Reservoir Watershed Protection Area | Not recorded | 138 | Unknown |
| Stearns-Lamont Forest Private Conservation | Not recorded | 126 | Unknown |
| Perry Forest Private Conservation | Not recorded | 74 | Unknown |
| Tok Farm Tract Private Conservation | Not recorded | 68 | Unknown |
| Beulah Land Private Conservation | Not recorded | 55 | Unknown |
| School Land Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 41 | Unknown |
| Betsy Fosket Wildlife Sanctuary Private Conservation | Not recorded | 38 | Unknown |
| Recreation Department Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 30 | Unknown |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
27 places to go in Rindge
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Rindge
Jowder's Cove Beach
DirectionsPlus 10 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Playgrounds in Rindge
3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Boat launches in Rindge
3 boat launches without a name on the map.
Peaks in Rindge
Todd Hill1,421 ft elevation
DirectionsThrasher Hill1,368 ft elevation
DirectionsLord Hill1,240 ft elevation
DirectionsTowne Hill1,158 ft elevation
DirectionsCarter Hill1,119 ft elevation
DirectionsWeatherbee Hill1,115 ft elevation
DirectionsGriswold Hill
DirectionsHog Hill
DirectionsCampgrounds in Rindge
Woodmere CampgroundWoodmere
DirectionsPlus 1 campground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
23 named trails and 22 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 6.2 miHorses · 5.5 miUnpaved · 12.6 mi
Monadnock Recreational Rail Trail5.5 mi
Converse Path1.2 mi
Red Arrow0.9 mi
Green Pine0.8 mi
Blue Heron0.8 mi
Tetreault Trail0.7 mi
converse path0.6 mi
Logger path0.5 mi
Blue dot0.4 mi
Green Square0.3 mi
13 more trails
Stony Field
0.3 miGreen Diamond
0.2 miYellow Bypass
0.2 miWood bound
0.2 miRed dot
0.2 miYellow Rectangle
0.2 miYellow Sunset
0.2 miRed Trail
0.2 miConverse Path Camping Area
0.1 miYellow Dot
0.1 miBlue Path
0.1 miBlack Bear
0.1 miFarm Field path
0.1 miLakes & rivers tap for directions
Amalia Way PondpondBancroft ResevoirpondBlack ReservoirBullet PondpondContoocook LakereservoirConverse Meadow PondreservoirCrowcroft PondpondDamon Mill PondreservoirDamon Upper ReservoirreservoirDivol PondpondEmerson PondpondGrassy PondpondHubbard PondreservoirLake MonomonacMill PondpondPearly LakelakePecker PondlakePool PondpondRobbins PondreservoirRugg PondpondStump PondreservoirTaggart Meadowspond
Biking & sports
0.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
13Tennis
6Baseball
4Basketball
3Volleyball
2Soccer
1Football
1Beach volleyball
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).
Second Rindge Meetinghouse, Horsesheds and CemeteryDistrict · listed 1979
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Rindge: May to 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 34 | 42 | 55 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 5.0 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Rindge →
Next door
Rindge and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rindge | 21% | 1.6 | 8 | 23% | B+ |
| New Ipswich | 23% | 0.7 | 8 | 9% | B |
| Jaffrey | 32% | 1.8 | 254 | 62% | A+ |
| Fitzwilliam | 8% | 1.0 | 325 | 16% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Rindge
Where can I hike in Rindge?
The longest trail networks: Annett State Forest, 8.4 miles; Pearly Lake Wildlife Management Area, 3.6 miles; Rindge Town Forest, 2.5 miles; Converse Meadow Conservation Area, 1.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Rindge is conserved land?
21% 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 Rindge’s trails?
Annett State Forest and Pearly Lake Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Rindge?
0.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Rindge?
52,967 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rindge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 583 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rindge have?
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #108 of 126 in New Hampshire. 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 Rindge 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 →