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Retreat Farm
Nature preserve
329 acres13.2 mi of trail
Ice PondMorningsideMain TrailUpper WoodlandsLower Woodlands
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Brattleboro
Brattleboro, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Brattleboro is conserved land, roughly 3,307 acres. There are about 43 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Retreat Farm (13.2 mi), Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (1.2 mi), and Living Memorial Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brattleboro, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brattleboro outdoors
Conserved land
16%
3,307 of 20,763 acres
Trails
43 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
273 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
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.
2
Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center
Nature preserve
95 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Living Memorial Park
Park
76 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Riverstone Preserve
Nature preserve
25 acres0.6 mi of trail
West River Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
- Brattleboro Common3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Winston Prouty Campus146 ac
- Whetstone Woods38 ac · Directions
- Crowell Playground5 ac · Directions
- Whetsone Park5 ac
- Fort Dummer State Park1 ac
- Lynch Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,307 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,727 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 70 of 145 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
- West River Trail (bike route)2.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis19
- Baseball8
- Basketball2
- Pickleball2
- Soccer1
- Football1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Brattleboro and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brattleboro | 15.9% | 43.3 mi | 11 |
| Chesterfield | 24.3% | 61.5 mi | 10 |
| Hinsdale | 13% | 23.1 mi | 7 |
| Dummerston | 17.6% | 12.4 mi | 3 |
| Guilford | 6.7% | 17.7 mi | 2 |
| Vernon | 22.1% | 32.7 mi | 2 |
| Marlboro | 14.7% | 12.8 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brattleboro'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 20.1-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.