Outdoors · Addison

Addison, VT parks, trails & bike paths

About 38% of Addison is conserved land, roughly 11,910 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dead Creek WMA (4 mi) and D.A.R. State Park (0.8 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Addison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Addison outdoors

Conserved land
38%
11,910 of 31,152 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
10,136 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

123
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
2,463 acres4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

D.A.R. State Park

Managed by Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation
110 acres0.8 mi of trail
Nature TrailBeach Access
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Chimney Point State Historic Site

Managed by Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
63 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Who protects the land

11,910 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
15,175 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
3,492 ac
State fish & wildlife
2,760 ac
State conservation
1,230 ac
State natural resources
269 ac
State parks
117 ac
Other state land
88 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 8,409 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 102 of 339 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Volleyball2

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Addison and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Addison38.2%19.0 mi3
Waltham17.9%1.4 mi0
Moriah36.9%32.4 mi2
Bridport38.6%8.7 mi0
Weybridge30.6%16.7 mi2
Crown Point39%19.8 mi3
Panton10.6%1.7 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Addison's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 26.2-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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