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Williston Community Park
Park
61 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Williston
Williston, VT parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Williston is conserved land, roughly 2,707 acres. There are about 62 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Williston Community Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Williston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Williston outdoors
Conserved land
14%
2,707 of 19,723 acres
Trails
62 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 36 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
267 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
17.1 mi
5.1 mi lanes · 12.0 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.
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Brennan Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Overlook Park
Managed by Green Mountain Power
3 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lake Iroquois Recreation District Beach
Park
3 acres0.1 mi of trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
2,707 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,129 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 48 of 144 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes5.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- MTB Catamount Outdoor Family Centre (bike route)25 mi
- Mud Pond Loop (bike route)3.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
- Basketball8
- Soccer6
- Baseball6
- Football1
- Tracks1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Williston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williston | 13.7% | 61.9 mi | 6 |
| South Burlington | 4.2% | 40.9 mi | 14 |
| Essex | 6.7% | 70.3 mi | 17 |
| Jericho | 11.4% | 37.7 mi | 1 |
| Essex Junction | 18.2% | 13.8 mi | 4 |
| Richmond | 17.1% | 72.4 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Williston'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 23.3-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.