Find a Healthy Heart Trail

There are over 70 Healthy Heart Trails marked across the state park system. These trails offer a low cost and fun way to exercise.

Find Heart Healthy Trails by the green heart signs at trailheads. Trails measure from 1 to 2 miles in length and are easy to moderate difficulty. Visit trails in your neighborhoods or explore parks across the state. Use this handy Walking Log to keep track of your walks as you aim to reach a goal of 75 miles walked by Labor Day.

Boston Region

Park	Community	Name of trail	Miles	Activity level	Accessible
Chestnut Hills Reservation	Boston	Reservoir Loop	1.5	Easy	No
Cutler Park	Needham, Dedham	Kendrick Pond Loop	1.25	Easy	No
Beaver Brook	Belmont	Loop starting in main parking lot	0.75	Easy	Yes
Nantasket Beach	Hull	Promenade	1.5	Easy	Yes
Houghton's Pond	Milton	Yellow Dot Trail Loop around pond	1	Easy	No
Middlesex Fells Reservation	Malden, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham, Winchester	Greenwood Park Loop	1.5	Easy	No
Breakheart Reservation	Saugus, Wakefield	Pine Tops Road	2	Easy	Yes
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation	East Boston	Belle Isle Meadow Loop	0.6	Easy	Yes
Charles River Reservation Esplanade	Boston	Esplanade Loop	1.5	Easy	Yes
Charles River Reservation (upper)	Waltham, Newton	Bridge to Farwell Street Loop	1.6	Moderate	No
Charles River Reservation (upper)	Waltham, Newton	Farwell to Elm Street Loop	1.6	Moderate	Yes
Charles River Reservation (upper)	Waltham, Newton	Galen to Bridge Street Loop	1.6	Easy	Yes
Charles River Reservation (upper)	Waltham, Newton	Moody to Prospect Loop	1	Easy	Yes
Charles River Reservation (upper)	Waltham, Newton	Prospect Street to Forest Grove Loop	1	Moderate	No
Wollaston Beach	Quincy	Manet Community Center Road to Health Trail	2	Easy	Yes
Pope John Paul II Park	Dorchester	Park loops	2	Easy	No
Nahant Beach Promenade	Lynn	Nahant Beach Promenade Trail	0.8	Easy	Yes
Webb State Park	Weymouth	n/a	1	Moderate	No
Stony Brook Reservation	Hyde Park, West Roxbury	Paved Loop	1.5	Moderate	No
Revere Beach Reservation	Revere	Revere Beach Blvd. Trail	0.8	Easy	Yes
Mary O'Malley Park	Chelsea	Mary O'Malley Loop	1	Easy	Yes
Spectacle Island	Boston	Perimeter Trail	1.5	Moderate	Yes
Castle Island	Boston	Castle Island Loop	0.75	Easy	No
Pleasure Bay	Boston	Pleasure Bay Loop	1.9	Easy	Yes
Neponset River Greenway	Boston, Milton	Neponset Greenway Trail	2	Easy	No

North Region

Park	Community	Name of trail	Miles	Activity level	Accessible
Bradley Palmer State Park	Topsfield	Interpretive Trails #46 and #2	1.2	Easy	No
Callahan State Park	Framingham	Backpacker/Acorn Trail	1.5	Moderate	No
Harold Parker State Forest	North Andover	Accessible trail at Berry Pond	1	Easy	Yes
Cochituate State Rock	Framingham	Snake Brook Trail	1.5	Moderate	Yes
Halibut Point State Park	Rockport	Self-guided trail	1.3	Moderate	No
Great Brook Farm State Park	Carlisle	Pine Point Loop	2	Easy	No
Hopkinton State Park	Hopkinton	Self-guided trail	1.5	Moderate	No
Lowell Heritage State Park	Lowell	Lowell Esplanade	1.5	Easy	Yes
Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest	Lowell	Family Loop Trail	1.5	Moderate	No
Maudslay State Park	Newburyport	Pasture Trail	1.4	Moderate	No
Upton State Forest	Upton	CC Way, Park Road, Middle Road	2	Moderate	No
Walden Pond State Reservation	Concord	Pond path	1.7	Easy	No

South Region

Park	Community	Name of trail	Miles	Activity level	Accessible
Borderland State Park	North Easton	Pond Walk	1.5	Easy	No
Fall River Heritage State Park	Fall River	Boardwalk	0.75	Easy	Yes
Ellisville Harbor State Park	Plymouth	Ruth Walker Trail	1	Easy	No
Horseneck Beach State Reservation	Westport	Beach Road	2	Easy	Yes
F. Gilbert Hills State Forest	Foxboro	Hiking trail	1.5	Easy	No
Franklin State Forest	Franklin	n/a	1.2	Moderate	No
Nasketucket Bay State Reservation	Mattapoisett	Bridle trail	1	Easy	No
Manuel F. Correllus State Forest	Edgartown	Dr. Fischer Road	3.4	Easy	No
Nickerson State Park	Brewster	Ober Trail	1.5	Moderate	No
Myles Standish State Forest	Carver	Easthead Reservoir Trail	3	Moderate	No
Rehoboth State Forest	Rehoboth	Pine Loop	1.25	Moderate	No
Shawme-Crowell State Forest	Sandwich	Tilly, Turkey Trot Trail, Ruth Walker Trail	1	Easy	No
Scusset Beach State Reservation	Sandwich	Cape Cod Canal Pathway	5	Easy	Yes
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Falmouth	Quashnet River Trail	2.5	Moderate	No
Wompatuck State Park	Hingham	Wompatuck	1.25	Easy	Yes

Central Region

Park	Community	Name of trail	Miles	Activity level	Accessible
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park	Uxbridge	Blackstone Canal Towpath Trail	1	Easy	No
Douglas State Forest	Douglas	Southern New England Trunkline Trail	1 (Out and back route is 1/2 mile each way)	Moderate	No
Douglas State Forest	Douglas	Bird Blind and Ceder Swamp Trails	1	Moderate	No
Chicopee Memorial State Park	Chicopee	Snake Boot Trail	2.4	Easy	Yes
Moore State Park	Paxton	Healthy Heart Trail	1	Moderate	No
Otter River State Forest	Baldwinville	Wilder McKenzie	1.2	Easy	No
Purgatory Chasm State Reservation	Sutton	Charley's Loop	1	Moderate	No
Hampton Ponds State Park	Westfield	Beach to Beach Loop Trail	1	Easy	No
Quinsigamond State Park	Worcester	Lake Park Walking Trail	1	Easy	No
Southern New England Trunkline Trail	Franklin	Southern New England Trunkline Trail	2.5	Easy	No
Dunn Pond State Park	Gardner	Dunn Pond Loop Trail	1	Easy	Yes
Elwell Recreation Area	Northhampton	Norwottuck Rail Trail	1.25	Easy	Yes
Mount Tom State Reservation	Holyoke	Bray Loop Trail	1.6	Easy	No
Wells State Park	Sturbridge	Mill Pond Trail	1	Easy	No
Wendell State Forest	Wendell	Friendly Loop Trail	1.5	Easy	No

West Region

Park	Community	Name of trail	Miles	Activity level	Accessible
Ashuwillticook Rail Trail	Lanesborough, Cheshire, Adams	Ashuwillticook Rail Trail	11	Easy	Yes
Beartown State Forest	Monterey	Benedict Pond Loop Trails	1.5	Easy	No
DAR State Forest	Goshen	Accessible Trail	0.4	Easy	Yes
Tolland State Forest	East Otis	Gilmore Short Loop Trail	1	Easy	Yes
Mount Greylock State Reservation	Lanesborough	Bradley Farm Loop Trail	1.8	Easy	No
Pittsfield State Forest	Pittsfield	Tranquility Trail	0.75	Easy	Yes
Sandisfield State Forest (York Lake)	New Marlborough	York Lake Loop Trail	2.2	Easy	No
Natural Bridge State Park	North Adams	Elder Trail	0.03	Easy	No