Outdoors · Sheffield

Sheffield, VT parks, trails & bike paths

About 14% of Sheffield is conserved land, roughly 2,882 acres. There are about 6.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Perry Holbrook Memorial State Park (2 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sheffield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Sheffield outdoors

Conserved land
14%
2,882 of 20,988 acres
Trails
6.2 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
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

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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.
1

Perry Holbrook Memorial State Park

Nature preserve
337 acres2 mi of trail
Summit Loop TrailHolbrook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead Website
2

Mathewson State Forest

Nature preserve
222 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

2,882 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
2,297 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
324 ac
State parks
2 ac
Not recorded
318 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,357 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 10 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
Next door

Sheffield and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Sheffield13.7%6.2 mi2
Wheelock18.5%13.9 mi2
Glover13.9%13.3 mi0
Barton6.8%11.7 mi3
Sutton31.1%27.1 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Sheffield'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 23.9-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.

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