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Windmill Ridge Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
1,324 acres9.3 mi of trail
Ridgeline TrailJamie Latham TrailHolden TrailTownline TrailCascade Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Westminster
Westminster, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Westminster is conserved land, roughly 3,859 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Windmill Ridge Nature Reserve (9.3 mi) and Stephen Martin Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Westminster, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Westminster outdoors
Conserved land
13%
3,859 of 28,801 acres
Trails
26 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
1,287 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
Stephen Martin Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
68 acres1 mi of trail
Dunn Nature Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
3,859 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,462 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 35 of 114 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
- Tennis6
- Baseball6
- Basketball2
- Soccer2
- Volleyball1
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Westminster and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | 13.4% | 26.3 mi | 2 |
| Walpole | 15.3% | 29.8 mi | 22 |
| Rockingham | 11% | 8.4 mi | 4 |
| Putney | 8.5% | 21.3 mi | 6 |
| Athens | 17.2% | 8.5 mi | 1 |
| Bellows Falls | 15% | 0.7 mi | 1 |
| Brookline | 12.7% | 10.4 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Westminster'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 24.3-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.