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Groton State Forest
Nature preserve
3,567 acres5.4 mi of trail
Kettle Pond Loop TrailMarshfield Ledges approach trailMulti Use connector trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Marshfield
Marshfield, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Marshfield is conserved land, roughly 8,298 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Groton State Forest (5.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Marshfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Marshfield outdoors
Conserved land
30%
8,298 of 27,803 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
4,454 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.9 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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Molly's Falls Pond State Park
Managed by Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
8,298 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4,287 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 47 of 136 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 paths5.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Cross Vermont Trail (bike route)1.1 mi
Nearby
Marshfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshfield | 29.8% | 18.7 mi | 2 |
| Cabot | 12.8% | 6.1 mi | 2 |
| Plainfield | 12.9% | 3.7 mi | 2 |
| Groton | 47.4% | 33.0 mi | 5 |
| Peacham | 33.8% | 37.0 mi | 1 |
| Calais | 10.1% | 8.0 mi | 3 |
| East Montpelier | 22.8% | 15.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Marshfield'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.