Outdoors · Maidstone

Maidstone, VT parks, trails & bike paths

About 43% of Maidstone is conserved land, roughly 8,802 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in West Mountain WMA (6 mi) and Maidstone State Park (0.9 mi).

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

At a glance

Maidstone outdoors

Conserved land
43%
8,802 of 20,477 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
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

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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

West Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Nature preserve
5,242 acres6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Maidstone State Park

Managed by Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation
464 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Maidstone Bends Preserve

Managed by The Nature Conservancy
155 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

8,802 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
11,784 ac
Joint
4,460 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
423 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
194 ac
State conservation
128 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
115 ac
Other state land
84 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7,209 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 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
Nearby

Maidstone and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Maidstone43%19.4 mi3
Northumberland21.6%11.6 mi7
Stratford48.7%110.6 mi8
Brunswick78.5%25.2 mi2
Guildhall25.3%13.2 mi1
Granby30.6%32.3 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Maidstone'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 29.6-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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