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Windmill Ridge Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
408 acres5.8 mi of trail
Hemlock TrailAthens Access PathTownline TrailBemis Hill TrailJamie Latham Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Athens
Athens, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Athens is conserved land, roughly 1,535 acres. There are about 8.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Windmill Ridge Nature Reserve (5.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Athens, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Athens outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,535 of 8,924 acres
Trails
8.5 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
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
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.
Who protects the land
1,535 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 561 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 49 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
Nearby
Athens and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | 17.2% | 8.5 mi | 1 |
| Grafton | 11.2% | 19.3 mi | 0 |
| Westminster | 13.4% | 26.3 mi | 2 |
| Townshend | 14.9% | 25.6 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Athens'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 20-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.