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Forest for Learning
Nature preserve
167 acres4.1 mi of trail
Bare Hill TrailDouble BirchBobcat RunCliff TrailOwl Ridge
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Putney
Putney, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.5% of Putney is conserved land, roughly 1,440 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Forest for Learning (4.1 mi), Windmill Ridge Nature Reserve (3.4 mi), and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Putney, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Putney outdoors
Conserved land
8.5%
1,440 of 17,000 acres
Trails
21 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
549 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
Windmill Ridge Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
384 acres3.4 mi of trail
Hannum TrailDine TrailRidgeline TrailHigh Road TrailHinton Tail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo Hannum Trailhead Parking
3
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
207 acres1.9 mi of trail
Beaver Pond LoopDine TrailHannum Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Putney Town Forest
Nature preserve
34 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
1,440 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 909 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 15 of 43 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
- Soccer3
- Equestrian2
- Baseball2
- Multi-sport1
- Basketball1
- Field hockey1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Putney and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putney | 8.5% | 21.3 mi | 6 |
| Westmoreland | 9.4% | 52.8 mi | 4 |
| Brookline | 12.7% | 10.4 mi | 4 |
| Dummerston | 17.6% | 12.4 mi | 3 |
| Westminster | 13.4% | 26.3 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Putney'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.