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Outdoors in Greenwood

Few parks or trails are on the map in Greenwood

The biggest trail networks: Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement (16.1 mi), Maggie's Nature Park (2.4 mi), Noyes Mountain Preserve (1.8 mi). 16% of Greenwood’s land is conserved, about 4,264 acres. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 10 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
16%
4,264 acres · of 41.7 sq mi of land
Trails
43 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
10 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
2%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,982 ft
Mount Abram
Lakes & rivers
11
1 beach · 2 boat launches
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement, with 16.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement

Managed by Mahoosuc Land Trust
3,769 acres16.1 mi of trail
Sanborn River LoopOversett Pond TrailPatch Mountain Overlook TrailSanborn Connection+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Maggie's Nature Park

Managed by Mahoosuc Land Trust
86 acres2.4 mi of trail
Maggie's Nature Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Noyes Mountain Preserve

Nature preserve
289 acres1.8 mi of trail
Noyes Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Trail Head Parking Lot

Dunham Recreational Park

Park
7 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

4,264 conserved acres

16% of Greenwood’s land. Who manages Greenwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits8,112 ac
Regional agency140 ac
Not recorded27 ac
Unknown Easement · 3,898 acConservation Easement · 3,897 acPrivate Conservation · 317 acUnknown · 96 acLocal Other or Unknown · 70 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,805 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 7 of 14 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Noyes Mountain
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits317Restricted
Maggie Ring Easement
Unknown
Regional agency96Unknown
Miscellaneous Municipal Lands
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded26Unknown
Unknown
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency25Unknown
Ballfield
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency8Closed
Transfer Station
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency7Closed
Town Beach Parking Area
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency2Unknown
Greenwood Shores
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded2Unknown
Things to do

18 places to go in Greenwood

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Greenwood
Mount Abram1,982 ft elevation
Directions
Long Mountain1,827 ft elevation
Directions
Tibbetts Mountain1,814 ft elevation
Directions
Uncle Tom Mountain1,693 ft elevation
Directions
Elwell Mountain1,647 ft elevation
Directions
Patch Mountain1,562 ft elevation · In Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement
Directions
Noyes Mountain1,503 ft elevation · In Noyes Mountain Preserve
Directions
Oversett Mountain1,365 ft elevation · In Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement
Directions
6 more peaks
Peaked Mountain1,247 ft elevation
Directions
Rowe Hill1,152 ft elevation
Directions
Howe Hill1,142 ft elevation
Directions
Mount Christopher1,132 ft elevation
Directions
Bald Bluff1,050 ft elevation
Directions
Rock Dundee1,047 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

8 named trails and 11 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 4.3 mi
Maggie's Nature Park Trail3.2 mi
Sanborn River Loop2.8 mi
Horseshoe Trail2.4 mi
Oversett Pond Trail1.8 mi
Noyes Trail1.8 mi
Patch Mountain Overlook Trail1.1 mi
Duane's Retreat1.0 mi
Sanborn Connection0.7 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Basketball
1Baseball
1Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

3 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
DreamhomeDistrict · listed 1996
About it
Greenwood Town Hall, FormerBuilding · listed 2001
About it
Greenwood Cattle PoundStructure · listed 2007
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Greenwood: May and July to September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)283140536674797870574433
Rain (in)3.22.83.54.03.74.84.14.03.45.24.14.0

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 5.2 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Greenwood →

Next door

Greenwood and its neighbors

Greenwood has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Greenwood— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Woodstock11%0.4107%B−
Norway7%0.51442%B
West Paris3%0.1920%C−
Bethel4%0.8722%C+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Greenwood

Where can I hike in Greenwood?

The longest trail networks: Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement, 16.1 miles; Maggie's Nature Park, 2.4 miles; Noyes Mountain Preserve, 1.8 miles; Dunham Recreational Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on Greenwood’s trails?

Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement and Maggie's Nature Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Greenwood?

19,032 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greenwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Greenwood neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →