Photo: Redjar at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.041% of Bridport’s land is conserved: 11,368 acres
375 acres are parks and preserves, 303 per 1,000 residents. 10% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8.7 miles of mapped trail cross Bridport, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Bridport?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Bridport have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bridport is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds 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 Bridport’s 41% is ahead of 99% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is 6% of Bridport’s area (3 of 46 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 39%.
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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11,368 conserved acres
41% of Bridport’s land. Water is left out: Bridport has 43.7 square miles of land and 2.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bridport’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10,556 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 126 of 348 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Fair Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 441 | Open |
| Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 268 | Restricted |
| Snake Mountain South Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 161 | Closed |
| Vermont Land Trust Private Conservation | Not recorded | 73 | Closed |
7 places to go in Bridport
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 playground without a name on the map.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Bridport: 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 33 | 42 | 56 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 59 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Bridport →
Bridport and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridport | 41% | 0.2 | 303 | 10% | B+ |
| Addison | 45% | 0.5 | 796 | 50% | A |
| Shoreham | 37% | 0.2 | 16 | 4% | B− |
| Cornwall | 22% | 0.6 | 1,455 | 23% | A− |
| Weybridge | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bridport
How much of Bridport is conserved land?
41% 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.
Is there public land near Bridport?
22,121 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bridport or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,278 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bridport have?
Ahead of 68% 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 Bridport 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 →