1
Green Mountain National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
12,532 acres8.1 mi of trail
Long TrailForest Service Route 113
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Rochester
Rochester, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 42% of Rochester is conserved land, roughly 15,186 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Green Mountain National Forest (8.1 mi) and Joseph Battell Wilderness (4.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rochester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rochester outdoors
Conserved land
42%
15,186 of 36,335 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
10,933 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
20.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 20.1 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
Joseph Battell Wilderness
Managed by United States Forest Service
2,954 acres4.1 mi of trail
Long TrailGreat Cliff spur
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
15,186 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,784 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 30 of 75 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 paths20.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Rochester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 41.8% | 19.8 mi | 2 |
| Pittsfield | 58% | 8.2 mi | 1 |
| Hancock | 78.2% | 28.8 mi | 4 |
| Chittenden | 72.6% | 79.6 mi | 6 |
| Braintree | 12.6% | 17.2 mi | 0 |
| Bethel | 6.4% | 4.0 mi | 3 |
| Goshen | 66.8% | 29.8 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rochester'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 38.8-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.