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Fairfield Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Managed by VT DEC
846 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Fairfield Swamp Access Area
Outdoors · Fairfield
Fairfield, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Fairfield is conserved land, roughly 9,464 acres. There are about 7.8 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Fairfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Fairfield outdoors
Conserved land
22%
9,464 of 43,483 acres
Trails
7.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
4,883 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 9.3 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.
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Elm Brook Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
410 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
9,464 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 8,294 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 123 of 315 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 paths9.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Next door
Fairfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 21.8% | 7.8 mi | 2 |
| Bakersfield | 11.8% | 9.2 mi | 0 |
| Fletcher | 5.3% | 2.0 mi | 0 |
| Sheldon | 18.5% | 2.2 mi | 0 |
| Swanton | 31.6% | 17.0 mi | 6 |
| St. Albans | 17.3% | 10.0 mi | 6 |
| Fairfax | 11.1% | 8.9 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Fairfield'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 35.5-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.