Shea Woodland
Nature preserve
100 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Corinth
16% of Corinth’s land is conserved: 4,955 acres
108 acres are parks and preserves, 70 per 1,000 residents. 4% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 16 miles of mapped trail cross Corinth, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
16%
4,955 acres · of 48.2 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
108 ac
70 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
4%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,195 ft
Mayston Hill
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Corinth?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Corinth have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Corinth is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Corinth’s overall grade.
Conserved land16% of the land · typical VT town 14% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (16 mi) · VT 0.6 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land70 acres of park per 1,000 residents (108 acres) · VT 97 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home4% of residents within a half mile of a park · VT 38% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 62%
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Vermont towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Corinth’s 16% is ahead of 58% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. 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.
Washington State Forest
Nature preserve
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
4,955 conserved acres
16% of Corinth’s land. Who manages Corinth’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits9,336 ac
Joint153 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)152 ac
Not recorded2 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,748 acUnknown Easement · 2,676 acAgricultural Easement · 2,021 acPrivate Conservation · 197 acState Resource Management Area · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,756 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 43 of 128 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ring Trade Land Site Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 197 | Closed |
| Washington State Forest State Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 2 | Open |
Things to do
6 places to go in Corinth
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Peaks in Corinth
Mayston Hill2,195 ft elevation
DirectionsGarden Hill2,103 ft elevation
DirectionsLeech Hill2,051 ft elevation
DirectionsPike Hill1,877 ft elevation
DirectionsCook Hill1,637 ft elevation
DirectionsTaplin Hill1,414 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
4 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 7.6 mi
McArthur Ridge1.2 mi
Birch Lane Trail0.4 mi
Keyzer Place0.4 mi
Rabbit Path0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Corinth: 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) | 27 | 31 | 39 | 53 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 44 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Corinth →
Next door
Corinth and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth | 16% | 0.3 | 70 | 4% | B |
| Washington | 18% | 0.4 | 693 | 6% | B+ |
| Vershire | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Bradford | 15% | 0.4 | 183 | 45% | A− |
| Topsham | 12% | 0.3 | 1,632 | 2% | B |
| Orange | 20% | 0.6 | 1,570 | 30% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Corinth
How much of Corinth is conserved land?
16% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Corinth’s trails?
Shea Woodland and Washington State Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Corinth?
22,167 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Corinth or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 114 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Corinth have?
Ahead of 62% 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 Corinth 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 →