Chandler Reservation
Managed by Town of Warner
1,413 acres4.4 mi of trail
Cross Minks Trail (Blue)Woods Walk (Yellow)White TrailChandler Trail (Red)
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Waterloo Historic District · Photo: Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0AOutdoors
Outdoors in Warner
Warner has 1,252 acres of parks, 423 for every 1,000 residents
31% of Warner’s land is conserved, about 10,981 acres. The biggest trail networks: Chandler Reservation (4.4 mi), Mount Kearsarge State Forest (3.5 mi), Warner Town Forest (0.8 mi). 43 miles of mapped trail cross Warner, 0.8 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns · #44 of 126 in New Hampshire. What drives it
Conserved land
31%
10,981 acres · of 55.2 sq mi of land
Trails
43 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,252 ac
423 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
33%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 mi paths
Highest peak
2,539 ft
Black Mountain
Lakes & rivers
12
What kind of outdoors town is Warner?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Warner have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Warner is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns, #44 of 126 in New Hampshire. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Warner’s overall grade.
Conserved land31% of the land · typical NH town 19% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (43 mi) · NH 1.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land423 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,252 acres) · NH 44 · U.S. 13AParks close to home33% 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 86%
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New Hampshire towns of 2,500+ (126)Ahead of 66%
New Hampshire towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 19%; the U.S., 4%), so Warner’s 31% is ahead of 86% of New Hampshire towns, while its trails per square mile lead 12% of them.
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 Chandler Reservation, with 4.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Mount Kearsarge State Forest
Managed by New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
2,727 acres3.5 mi of trail
Lincoln TrailRollins TrailBarlow TrailWinslow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Warner Town Forest
Managed by Town of Warner
955 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Harriman-Chandler State Forest
Managed by NH Department of Resources & Economic Development
398 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
Chandler Reservation1,413 acres · 4.4 mi of trail · Town of Warner
Mount Kearsarge State Forest2,727 acres · 3.5 mi of trail · New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
DirectionsWarner Town Forest955 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Town of Warner
Harriman-Chandler State Forest398 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · NH Department of Resources & Economic Development
Black Mountain Forest195 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Ashendon State Forest163 acres · NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
Wayne and Trudy Beaver Saga Pond Forest144 acres · Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust
Rollins State Park76 acres · NH Department of Resources & Economic Development
Bermuda Harris Conservation Land63 acres · Town of Hopkinton
Jelleme Forest49 acres · Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
Gilmore State Forest38 acres · NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
Bill Glavin Memorial Forest37 acres · Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Carroll State Forest27 acres · New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development
Silver Lake Recreation Area19 acres
Davisville State Forest14 acres · NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
School Street Park13 acres · Town of Warner
Leonard Wildlife Management Area2 acres · NH Fish & Game
Kearsarge Wildlife Management Area1 acres · NH Fish & Game
Who protects it
10,981 conserved acres
31% of Warner’s land. Who manages Warner’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits5,483 ac
State natural resources1,748 ac
Town or city1,126 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government991 ac
Joint154 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)141 ac
Not recorded5,397 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,805 acState Resource Management Area · 3,346 acLocal Other or Unknown · 1,900 acOther Easement · 1,075 acLocal Resource Management Area · 942 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,791 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 87 of 110 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge State Forest State Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 2,693 | Unknown |
| Chandler Reservation Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1,417 | Unknown |
| Warner Town Forest Local Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 942 | Unknown |
| Harriman-Chandler State Forest State Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 408 | Unknown |
| Contoocook Village Precinct Land Watershed Protection Area | Not recorded | 209 | Unknown |
| Black Mountain Forest Private Conservation | Not recorded | 203 | Unknown |
| Ashendon State Forest State Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 164 | Unknown |
| Wayne and Trudy Beaver Saga Pond Forest Private Conservation | Not recorded | 141 | Open |
| Schoodac Brook Private Conservation | Not recorded | 141 | Unknown |
| Rollins State Park State Park | Not recorded | 117 | Unknown |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
16 places to go in Warner
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Warner
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Peaks in Warner
Black Mountain2,539 ft elevation · In Mount Kearsarge State Forest
DirectionsLittle Mountain2,329 ft elevation · In Mount Kearsarge State Forest
DirectionsStewarts Peak1,811 ft elevation · In Harriman-Chandler State Forest
DirectionsMink Hills1,627 ft elevation
DirectionsBible Hill1,260 ft elevation
DirectionsClark Hill1,119 ft elevation
DirectionsCouch Hill1,102 ft elevation
DirectionsWaldron Hill1,043 ft elevation
Directions7 more peaks
Pumpkin Hill938 ft elevation
DirectionsBurnt Hill843 ft elevation
DirectionsTory Hill817 ft elevation
DirectionsStanley Hill801 ft elevation
DirectionsDenny Hill699 ft elevation
DirectionsChapin Hill
DirectionsMission Ridge
DirectionsTrails & water
16 named trails and 12 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 29.2 mi
Cross Minks Trail (Blue)2.0 mi
Lincoln Trail1.5 mi
Page Trace1.5 mi
Old Lull Trace1.2 mi
Concord & Claremont1.1 mi
Woods Walk (Yellow)0.9 mi
White Trail0.9 mi
Concord & Claremont Railroad0.8 mi
Sisco Trace0.6 mi
Wiggins Trace0.5 mi
6 more trails
Rollins Trail
0.5 miChandler Trail (Red)
0.5 miEliza Sanborn Trace
0.5 miBarlow Trail
0.4 miGlover Trace
0.3 miWinslow Trail
0.1 miBiking & sports
0.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
1Tennis
1Pickleball
1Basketball
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Warner: 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 34 | 42 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 46 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 5.4 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Warner →
Next door
Warner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner | 31% | 0.8 | 423 | 33% | A |
| Bradford | 13% | 0.6 | 81 | 38% | A− |
| Sutton | 13% | 1.1 | 69 | 15% | A− |
| Salisbury | 21% | 0.7 | 139 | 16% | A− |
| Webster | 24% | 0.8 | 140 | 30% | A− |
| Wilmot | 24% | 0.9 | 150 | 29% | A− |
| Hopkinton | 30% | 1.3 | 52 | 36% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Warner
Where can I hike in Warner?
The longest trail networks: Chandler Reservation, 4.4 miles; Mount Kearsarge State Forest, 3.5 miles; Warner Town Forest, 0.8 miles; Harriman-Chandler State Forest, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Warner is conserved land?
31% 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 Warner’s trails?
Chandler Reservation and Mount Kearsarge State Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Warner?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Warner?
16,683 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Warner or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,719 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Warner have?
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #44 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 Warner 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 →