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Thetford Hill State Park
Managed by VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
170 acres3.1 mi of trail
Upper TrailThe Glebe TrailFireplace Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Thetford
Thetford, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Thetford is conserved land, roughly 4,693 acres. There are about 65 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Thetford Hill State Park (3.1 mi), Palmer Forest (1 mi), and Ely Mountain Conservation Area (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Thetford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Thetford outdoors
Conserved land
17%
4,693 of 28,207 acres
Trails
65 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
1,668 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
Palmer Forest
Managed by Upper Valley Land Trust
454 acres1 mi of trail
Potato Hill Road South
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Ely Mountain Conservation Area
Managed by Upper Valley Land Trust
204 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
4
Thetford Hill State Forest
Nature preserve
81 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Post Mills Nature Area
Nature preserve
119 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
4,693 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,419 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 43 of 113 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
- Torrey's Trail (bike route)0.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Equestrian11
- Tennis11
- Soccer4
- Basketball4
- Baseball3
- Volleyball2
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Thetford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Thetford'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 28-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.