1
L.R. Jones State Forest
Nature preserve
617 acres1.3 mi of trail
Spruce Mountain Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Plainfield
Plainfield, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Plainfield is conserved land, roughly 1,730 acres. There are about 3.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in L.R. Jones State Forest (1.3 mi) and Groton State Forest (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Plainfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Plainfield outdoors
Conserved land
13%
1,730 of 13,408 acres
Trails
3.7 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
1,317 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.3 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
Groton State Forest
Nature preserve
343 acres0.5 mi of trail
Spruce Mountain Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
1,730 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 708 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 15 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 paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis3
- Basketball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Plainfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainfield | 12.9% | 3.7 mi | 2 |
| Marshfield | 29.8% | 18.7 mi | 2 |
| Groton | 47.4% | 33.0 mi | 5 |
| East Montpelier | 22.8% | 15.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Plainfield'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 20.4-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.