1
Jay State Forest
Nature preserve
2,298 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Richford
Richford, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Richford is conserved land, roughly 6,251 acres. There are about 8.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Jay State Forest (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Richford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Richford outdoors
Conserved land
23%
6,251 of 27,468 acres
Trails
8.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
2,534 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.8 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
Bear's Nest Wilderness Preserve
Managed by Northeast Wilderness Trust
2,581 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Richford Town Forest
Nature preserve
145 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Davis Park
Managed by Town of Richford
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
6,251 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,303 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 23 of 73 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 paths1.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball3
- Basketball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Richford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richford | 22.8% | 8.3 mi | 4 |
| Jay | 30.8% | 31.5 mi | 1 |
| Berkshire | 8.9% | 6.3 mi | 0 |
| Montgomery | 30.3% | 8.4 mi | 3 |
| Enosburgh | 14.1% | 4.2 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Richford'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 23.3-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.