1
Coolidge State Forest
Nature preserve
6,166 acres13.3 mi of trail
Catamount TrailAppalachian Trail; Long TrailShrewsbury Peak Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Mendon
Mendon, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 62% of Mendon is conserved land, roughly 14,870 acres. There are about 45 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Coolidge State Forest (13.3 mi), Rutland City Forest (7.7 mi), and Green Mountain National Forest (5.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mendon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mendon outdoors
Conserved land
62%
14,870 of 24,159 acres
Trails
45 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 36 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
13,360 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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
Rutland City Forest
Nature preserve
3,418 acres7.7 mi of trail
Appalachian Trail; Long TrailCatamount TrailAppalachian Trail;Long TrailBucklin Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Green Mountain National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
3,308 acres5.7 mi of trail
Canty Trail (Blue)Long TrailAppalachian Trail; Long TrailAppalachian Trail;Long Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Aitken State Forest
Nature preserve
891 acres5.4 mi of trail
Aitken State Forest Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
5
Jim Jeffords State Forest
Nature preserve
418 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Who protects the land
14,870 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,137 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 23 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Mendon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendon | 61.5% | 44.9 mi | 5 |
| Killington | 33.1% | 73.3 mi | 4 |
| Rutland | 3.4% | 13.4 mi | 4 |
| Shrewsbury | 37.6% | 48.7 mi | 7 |
| Plymouth | 47% | 41.1 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mendon'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 28.1-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.