Buck Hill Conservation Area
Nature preserve
53 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Veazie
Veazie has 71 acres of parks, 39 for every 1,000 residents
81% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4% of Veazie’s land is conserved, about 78 acres. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Veazie, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
78 acres · of 3.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
71 ac
39 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
81%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
305 ft
Buck Hill
What kind of outdoors town is Veazie?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Veazie have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Veazie is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, trail miles lowest.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Veazie’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical ME town 6% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · ME 0.7 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land39 acres of park per 1,000 residents (71 acres) · ME 15 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home81% of residents within a half mile of a park · ME 30% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 69%
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Water is 6% of Veazie’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to B+. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
McPhetres Farm Forest
Nature preserve
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Manter Woods
Nature preserve
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Davis Forest
Nature preserve
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 6 parks & preserves
Riverside Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
DirectionsBuck Hill Conservation Area53 acres
McPhetres Farm Forest18 acres
Manter Woods8 acres
Davis Forest5 acres
Riverview Park1 acres
DirectionsWho protects it
78 conserved acres
4% of Veazie’s land. Water is left out: Veazie has 3.0 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Veazie’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city68 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits21 ac
Local Conservation Area · 66 acConservation Easement · 10 acUnknown Easement · 10 acLocal Park · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Hill Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 66 | Open |
| Riverview Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Veazie
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Veazie
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Peaks in Veazie
Buck Hill305 ft elevation
DirectionsBiking & 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
3Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Veazie: 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) | 9.1 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 28 | 31 | 40 | 53 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 79 | 70 | 58 | 45 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.7 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Veazie →
Next door
Veazie and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Veazie
How much of Veazie is conserved land?
4% 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 Veazie’s trails?
Buck Hill Conservation Area and McPhetres Farm Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Veazie?
951 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Veazie or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 71 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Veazie have?
Ahead of 69% 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 Veazie 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 →