1
Maquam Bay Wildlife Management Area
Managed by VT DEC
932 acres0.8 mi of trail
Old Railroad Passage Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Swanton
Swanton, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Swanton is conserved land, roughly 12,401 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Maquam Bay WMA (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Swanton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Swanton outdoors
Conserved land
32%
12,401 of 39,211 acres
Trails
17 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
1,818 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.3 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
Fairfield Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Managed by VT DEC
186 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
John Raleigh III Memorial Field
Managed by Swanton Village
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Marble Mill Park
Managed by Swanton Village
6 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
12,401 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7,752 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 106 of 276 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 paths6.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis3
- Baseball3
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Swanton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanton | 31.6% | 17.0 mi | 6 |
| Highgate | 23.1% | 11.5 mi | 0 |
| Alburgh | 17.9% | 16.3 mi | 1 |
| North Hero | 6% | 8.2 mi | 1 |
| Fairfield | 21.8% | 7.8 mi | 2 |
| St. Albans | 17.3% | 10.0 mi | 6 |
| Sheldon | 18.5% | 2.2 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Swanton'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 41.7-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.