Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1,057 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Troy Meeting House · Photo: Timothy Krause · CC BY 2.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Troy
7% of Troy’s land is conserved: 1,543 acres
13 miles of mapped trail cross Troy, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
7%
1,543 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
13 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
344 ft
Beech Hill
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Troy have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Troy is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Troy’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical ME town 6% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (13 mi) · ME 0.7 · U.S. 0.4BPark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · ME 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · ME 30% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 23%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Troy. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Plymouth Bog Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
1,543 conserved acres
7% of Troy’s land. Who manages Troy’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2,055 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits1,007 ac
State fish & wildlife1 ac
Resource Management Area · 2,055 acAgricultural Easement · 581 acUnknown Easement · 426 acState Conservation Area · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 513 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 5 of 13 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Resource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 2,055 | Restricted |
| Plymouth Bog Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1 | Restricted |
Things to do
1 places to go in Troy
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Peaks in Troy
Beech Hill344 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
2 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Snowmobile Pittsfield Trail7.7 mi
Snowmobile ITS 832.7 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Troy: May 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 28 | 31 | 40 | 53 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 45 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 4.9 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Troy →
Next door
Troy and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Troy
How much of Troy is conserved land?
7% of its land, against a typical 6% for a Maine town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Troy’s trails?
Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area and Plymouth Bog Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Troy?
612 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Troy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Troy have?
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Troy 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 →