1
Norwich University Land
Nature preserve
851 acres14.3 mi of trail
Unmaintained Hiking TrailRidgeline TrailYellow TrailPony ExpressOrange Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Northfield
Northfield, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 5% of Northfield is conserved land, roughly 1,412 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Norwich University Land (14.3 mi) and Northfield Municipal Forest (5.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Northfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Northfield outdoors
Conserved land
5%
1,412 of 28,455 acres
Trails
23 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
239 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
Northfield Municipal Forest
Nature preserve
403 acres5.5 mi of trail
Paine Mountain TrailClark RouteTown TrailSummit LoopHawk Watch
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Northfield Falls Park
Managed by Northfield Park Department
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
Upper Parade Ground
Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
1,412 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 593 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 18 of 38 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
- Soccer5
- Baseball4
- Beach volleyball2
- Basketball1
- Football1
- Lacrosse1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Northfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield | 5% | 23.3 mi | 4 |
| Waitsfield | 16.1% | 19.6 mi | 1 |
| Williamstown | 10.4% | 14.2 mi | 2 |
| Berlin | 12.5% | 14.9 mi | 1 |
| Moretown | 10.5% | 9.7 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Northfield'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 29.5-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.