1
Macrae Farm Park
Managed by Winooski Valley Park District
277 acres5 mi of trail
Meadow LoopLower Meadow LoopRiver TrailOld Town Road TrailMeadlow Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Colchester
Colchester, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.2% of Colchester is conserved land, roughly 3,128 acres. There are about 58 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Macrae Farm Park (5 mi), Niquette Bay State Park (4.3 mi), and Sunny Hollow Natural Area (4.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Colchester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Colchester outdoors
Conserved land
8.2%
3,128 of 38,332 acres
Trails
58 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
177 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
15.3 mi
3.8 mi lanes · 11.5 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
Niquette Bay State Park
Nature preserve
579 acres4.3 mi of trail
Muhley TrailLedges TrailAllen TrailBurns TrailBeach Access Pathway
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Sunny Hollow Natural Area
Managed by Town of Colchester
81 acres4.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Colchester Pond Natural Area
Managed by Winooski Valley Park District
646 acres3.5 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
5
Wolcott Family Natural Area
Managed by Winooski Valley Park District
62 acres1.3 mi of trail
Wolcott Family Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
6
Airport Park
Park
33 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Village Park
Managed by Town of Colchester
68 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
8
Saint Michael's College Natural Area
Managed by Saint Michael's College
49 acres0.8 mi of trail
Blue TrailFr. Marcel Loop
Dog rules not recorded
All 20 parks & preserves
- Law Island State Park10 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Colchester Bog Natural Area202 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Intervale Wildlife Management Area292 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Rossetti Natural Area45 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Fort Ethan Allen Parade Grounds and Park5 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Porter Natural Area56 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bayside Park12 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Gilbrook Natural Area2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Delta Park64 ac · Directions
- Causeway Park11 ac
- McKenzie Park1 ac
- Heritage Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,128 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,518 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 22 of 75 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Blueberry Loop (bike route)0.9 mi
- East Loop (bike route)0.6 mi
- Triborough Bridges (bike route)0.5 mi
- North Plateau (bike route)0.4 mi
- Teardrop (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis26
- Baseball9
- Basketball6
- Soccer5
- Pickleball4
- Beach volleyball2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Colchester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester | 8.2% | 57.7 mi | 20 |
| Burlington | 15% | 37.1 mi | 31 |
| Chesterfield | 14.9% | 66.9 mi | 6 |
| Milton | 11.7% | 25.2 mi | 6 |
| South Hero | 6.1% | 9.2 mi | 2 |
| South Burlington | 4.2% | 40.9 mi | 14 |
| Au Sable | 3.2% | 24.6 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Colchester'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 34.4-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.