1
Hubbard Park
Nature preserve
253 acres8 mi of trail
Fitness TrailMulti-Use ConnectorStone Tower PathPond-Tower TrailStreamside
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Montpelier
Montpelier, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.4% of Montpelier is conserved land, roughly 483 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hubbard Park (8 mi), North Branch River Park (6.6 mi), and North Branch Nature Center (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Montpelier, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Montpelier outdoors
Conserved land
7.4%
483 of 6,516 acres
Trails
25 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
60 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.7 mi
4.2 mi lanes · 3.4 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
North Branch River Park
Nature preserve
196 acres6.6 mi of trail
Barred Owl BoulevardSparrow Farm TrailNorth Branch River PathSapsuckerPileated Pass
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
North Branch Nature Center
Nature preserve
27 acres1.3 mi of trail
North Branch Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Dog River Recreation Area
Nature preserve
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
All 5 parks & preserves
- Blanchard Park2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
483 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 370 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 22 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Baseball5
- Soccer3
- Football1
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Montpelier and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montpelier | 7.4% | 24.9 mi | 5 |
| Berlin | 12.5% | 14.9 mi | 1 |
| East Montpelier | 22.8% | 15.0 mi | 2 |
| Middlesex | 17.8% | 14.7 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Montpelier'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 20-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.