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Charlotte Park and Wildlife Refuge
Park
274 acres4.1 mi of trail
Byington TrailThorp TrailVarney Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Charlotte Park and Wildlife Refuge Parking
Outdoors · Charlotte
Charlotte, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Charlotte is conserved land, roughly 5,710 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Charlotte Park and Wildlife Refuge (4.1 mi), Mount Philo State Park (3 mi), and Pease Mountain Natural Area (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Charlotte, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Charlotte outdoors
Conserved land
18%
5,710 of 32,016 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
1,458 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.4 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
Mount Philo State Park
Nature preserve
233 acres3 mi of trail
House Rock TrailDevil's Chair TrailSummit TrailOld Carriage TrailNorth Vista Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Pease Mountain Natural Area
Managed by University of Vermont
177 acres1.8 mi of trail
Upper LoopLower LoopRock Outcrop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Williams Woods Natural Area
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
56 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
5
Raven Ridge Natural Area
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
65 acres0.6 mi of trail
Raven Ridge Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
5,710 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4,593 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 132 of 296 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 paths2.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis5
- Pickleball2
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Charlotte and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Charlotte'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 25.6-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.