Outdoors · Ira

Ira, VT parks, trails & bike paths

About 19% of Ira is conserved land, roughly 2,652 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Birdseye WMA (5.5 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ira, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Ira outdoors

Conserved land
19%
2,652 of 14,162 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
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

1
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.
1

Birdseye Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation
1,723 acres5.5 mi of trail
Six Mile LoopBirdseye mountain
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

2,652 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
2,049 ac
Not recorded
931 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,721 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 16 of 37 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
Nearby

Ira and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ira18.7%15.2 mi1
West Rutland14.2%8.3 mi0
Castleton8.6%10.2 mi2
Poultney8.2%20.0 mi1
Clarendon1.8%6.5 mi1
Middletown Springs2.1%6.3 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ira'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 20.5-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.

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