1
Charles Downer State Forest
Nature preserve
732 acres5 mi of trail
State Forest HighwayAcross the Pond TrailNature TrailHillside Pop: 60Pelting Pony Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sharon
Sharon, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Sharon is conserved land, roughly 5,251 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Charles Downer State Forest (5 mi) and My Walden (4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sharon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sharon outdoors
Conserved land
21%
5,251 of 25,639 acres
Trails
29 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
3,330 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
My Walden
Managed by Upper Valley Land Trust
236 acres4 mi of trail
Crescent Lake TrailStump DumpLady Slipper PathCabin ConnectorBack 40 Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
White River Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
572 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Ashley Community Forest
Nature preserve
145 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
5,251 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,708 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 16 of 98 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
- Basketball2
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Sharon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sharon'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 27.8-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.