1
Green Mountain National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
3,370 acres11.8 mi of trail
Partridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Middlebury
Middlebury, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Middlebury is conserved land, roughly 7,019 acres. There are about 79 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Green Mountain National Forest (11.8 mi), Battell Woods Natural Area (5.1 mi), and Means Woods Natural Area (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middlebury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middlebury outdoors
Conserved land
28%
7,019 of 25,199 acres
Trails
79 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 33 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
765 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.1 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
Battell Woods Natural Area
Managed by Town of Middlebury
94 acres5.1 mi of trail
Trail Around Middlebury
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Means Woods Natural Area
Managed by Town of Middlebury
28 acres1.1 mi of trail
Trail Around Middlebury
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Moosalamoo National Recreation Area
Managed by United States Forest Service
76 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Otter View Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Green Mountain National Forest3,370 acres · 11.8 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
Battell Woods Natural Area94 acres · 5.1 mi of trail · Town of Middlebury
Means Woods Natural Area28 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Town of Middlebury
Moosalamoo National Recreation Area76 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
Otter View Park8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Stephen C. Trombulak Nature Sanctuary58 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Middlebury College
Legion Fields20 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Middlebury Recreation Park12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Middlebury Town Green2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Harold Curtiss Recreational Park2 acres
Who protects the land
7,019 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,124 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 83 of 177 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 lanes0.1 mi
- MTB TAM (bike route)20.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Tracks11
- Baseball8
- Soccer5
- Basketball4
- Football2
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Middlebury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middlebury'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 22.3-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.