Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0Berkshire has 248 acres of parks, 142 for every 1,000 residents
9% of Berkshire’s land is conserved, about 2,372 acres. 11% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6.3 miles of mapped trail cross Berkshire, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Berkshire?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Berkshire have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Berkshire is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Vermont towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Berkshire’s 9% is ahead of 28% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 1% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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2,372 conserved acres
9% of Berkshire’s land. Who manages Berkshire’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2,126 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 36 of 111 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Town Forest Local Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 108 | Unknown |
| Enosburg Watershed Local Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 77 | Open |
| Enosburg Village Forest Local Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 61 | Open |
1 places to go in Berkshire
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers
3.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Berkshire: May and 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 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 25 | 28 | 37 | 52 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 56 | 43 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Berkshire →
Berkshire and its neighbors
Berkshire has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Berkshire
How much of Berkshire is conserved land?
9% of its land, against a typical 14% for a Vermont town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Where can I bike in Berkshire?
3.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Berkshire?
15,880 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Berkshire or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 248 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Berkshire have?
Ahead of 55% 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 Berkshire neighbors.
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 →