1
Bill Sladyk Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
3,606 acres11.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Norton
Norton, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 65% of Norton is conserved land, roughly 16,073 acres. There are about 59 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bill Sladyk WMA (11.6 mi) and Black Turn Brook State Forest (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Norton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Norton outdoors
Conserved land
65%
16,073 of 24,663 acres
Trails
59 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 41 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
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
Black Turn Brook State Forest
Nature preserve
593 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Averill Mountain State Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
541 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
16,073 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 11,914 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 21 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
- VTXL (bike route)2.6 mi
Next door
Norton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton | 65.2% | 59.3 mi | 3 |
| Holland | 30.9% | 23.1 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Norton'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.