1
C.C. Putnam State Forest
Nature preserve
1,970 acres4.2 mi of trail
Middlesex TrailWhite Rock TrailWaterbury Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Middlesex
Middlesex, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Middlesex is conserved land, roughly 4,503 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in C.C. Putnam State Forest (4.2 mi) and Middlesex Town Forest (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middlesex, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middlesex outdoors
Conserved land
18%
4,503 of 25,304 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
2,318 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
Middlesex Town Forest
Nature preserve
404 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
533 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Middlesex Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
278 acres0.1 mi of trail
Town Highway 37
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
4,503 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,442 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 20 of 51 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
- Tennis2
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Middlesex and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex | 17.8% | 14.7 mi | 4 |
| Moretown | 10.5% | 9.7 mi | 0 |
| Berlin | 12.5% | 14.9 mi | 1 |
| Waterbury | 10.8% | 65.6 mi | 7 |
| Montpelier | 7.4% | 24.9 mi | 5 |
| Worcester | 54.5% | 15.8 mi | 4 |
| East Montpelier | 22.8% | 15.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middlesex'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 28.6-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.