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Milton Town Forest
Managed by Town of Milton
489 acres6.9 mi of trail
Ridgeline TrailPond Circuit TrailTown Forest Access TrailPond View Loop TrailCarriage Barn Link
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Milton
Milton, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Milton is conserved land, roughly 4,541 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Milton Town Forest (6.9 mi) and Eagle Mountain Natural Area (2.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Milton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Milton outdoors
Conserved land
12%
4,541 of 38,752 acres
Trails
25 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
422 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.0 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.
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Eagle Mountain Natural Area
Managed by Lake Champlain Land Trust
229 acres2.3 mi of trail
Hoyt Lookout TrailWildflower LoopMoutaintop TrailMossly Ledge TrailOld Orchard Trail
Dog rules not recorded
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Bombardier Park West
Managed by Milton Recreation
28 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Beeman Preserve
Nature preserve
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 6 parks & preserves
- Bombardier Park East9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- River Street Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,541 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,059 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 17 of 74 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 paths2.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Pickleball4
- Tennis4
- Equestrian3
- Softball2
- Basketball1
- Golf1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Milton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | 11.7% | 25.2 mi | 6 |
| South Hero | 6.1% | 9.2 mi | 2 |
| Colchester | 8.2% | 57.7 mi | 20 |
| Grand Isle | 4.4% | 5.0 mi | 1 |
| Westford | 5.1% | 15.9 mi | 2 |
| Georgia | 8.2% | 8.0 mi | 1 |
| Fairfax | 11.1% | 8.9 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Milton'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 34.1-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.