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Groton State Forest
Nature preserve
13,533 acres17.5 mi of trail
Cross Vermont TrailCross Cut TrailPeacham Bog LoopKettle Pond Loop TrailLittle Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Groton
Groton, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 47% of Groton is conserved land, roughly 16,584 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Groton State Forest (17.5 mi) and Pine Mountain WMA (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Groton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Groton outdoors
Conserved land
47%
16,584 of 34,988 acres
Trails
33 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 21 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
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.
2
Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Vermont Fish & Wildlife
375 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Levi Pond Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
259 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Boulder Beach State Park
Park
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
All 5 parks & preserves
- Groton Nature Center1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
16,584 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,538 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 18 of 76 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
- Cross Vermont Trail (bike route)8.5 mi
Next door
Groton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groton | 47.4% | 33.0 mi | 5 |
| Ryegate | 9.6% | 5.2 mi | 2 |
| Topsham | 11.8% | 13.9 mi | 2 |
| Marshfield | 29.8% | 18.7 mi | 2 |
| Peacham | 33.8% | 37.0 mi | 1 |
| Orange | 19.9% | 21.9 mi | 1 |
| Plainfield | 12.9% | 3.7 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Groton'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 28.8-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.