1
Mount Mansfield State Forest
Managed by Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation
2,325 acres4.8 mi of trail
Long Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Johnson
Johnson, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Johnson is conserved land, roughly 7,429 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mount Mansfield State Forest (4.8 mi) and The Old Mill Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Johnson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Johnson outdoors
Conserved land
26%
7,429 of 29,047 acres
Trails
24 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
2,153 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.8 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
The Old Mill Park
Park
21 acres0.6 mi of trail
Old Mill Park Walking Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lower Pond
Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Lower Pond Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Morristown Town Forest
Nature preserve
29 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 13 parks & preserves
- Mineart Athletics Fields11 ac · Directions
- Johnson Skate Park5 ac · Directions
- Sculpture Park4 ac · Directions
- Alumni Rugby Field3 ac
- Beard Park3 ac
- Nelson Duba (Checkerberry) Field2 ac · Directions
- Legion Field1 ac · Directions
- Dewey Green1 ac · Directions
- College Garden and Playground1 ac
Who protects the land
7,429 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,117 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 30 of 117 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 paths6.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer5
- Tennis4
- Baseball3
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Johnson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 25.6% | 23.7 mi | 13 |
| Morristown | 21.4% | 51.0 mi | 9 |
| Cambridge | 22.3% | 25.3 mi | 4 |
| Hyde Park | 20.3% | 16.2 mi | 8 |
| Eden | 47.4% | 38.0 mi | 2 |
| Waterville | 6.3% | 2.2 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Johnson'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.