2010 Draft Edition of the

                    City of Concord Trail Guidebook

PDF Index Map to Public Trails

Please explore our trail system and enjoy the trails responsibly. Printable maps and descriptions are available for each of the trails.

Make sure your trip is enjoyable for you and for others who follow!  In order to preserve our open space land, please note that City Ordinances prohibit the following on City lands and trails:

        Motorized wheeled vehicles

        Camping without permission

        Fires

        Littering (including failing to pick up after your pet)

In addition, please note the following guidelines to ensure that the trails remain in their natural state and open to the public:

        Please stay on the marked trails.

        Please do not disturb the plants and wildlife.

        Please respect the private property that surrounds the trails.

As you walk along the trails, please help the volunteers by carrying out everything that you bring in.  If you see any rubbish along the trail, please pick it up and take it out.  Thank you for helping keep your trails clean.

Some hiking trails will be periodically used for the City’s timber harvesting program and will be unavailable for public use during those times.

Make sure you are properly equipped and prepared for country hiking.  Some of our trails are long, rough, or steep and not are suited for novice hikers or cross-country skiers.  Be sure to read the trail descriptions and view the topographic contours of the maps. 

  The following trails, of either compacted soil or pavement, are considered to be easily accessible to persons with disabilities: 

Map 5:  A straight trail of compacted soil, part of an old gravel road at the end of Electric Avenue, travels down the middle of the system.

Map 10:  The accesses consist of a combination of paved surfaces and compacted soils.

Map 11: The accesses consist of a combination of paved surfaces and compacted soils.

Map 15:  The old gravel Batchelder Mills Road is at the end of the paved Batchelder Mill Road and continues straight into the trail system.

Map 16:  This trail is short and paved.

All the trails shown in this site were cut, cleared, and blazed by volunteers.  Other volunteers maintain the trails after they have been constructed.  The Conservation Commission hopes you enjoy your hikes and that you appreciate the many volunteer hours involved in designing, constructing, and maintaining the trails.  We appoint volunteer “trailmeisters” for each trail, whose duties are to occasionally check the trails and to advise the Commission when work is needed.

Thank you for your cooperation, and happy hiking!

If you would like to adopt and help maintain a favorite trail or if you have any comments or would like to report a problem with a trail, please call the Conservation Commission, at the Concord Planning Department, at 225-8515.