Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0Fletcher has 133 acres of parks, 111 for every 1,000 residents
3% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Fletcher, 0.1 per square mile of land. 5% of Fletcher’s land is conserved, about 1,294 acres.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fletcher?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fletcher have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fletcher is ahead of 41% 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 Fletcher’s 5% is ahead of 13% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 0% 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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1,294 conserved acres
5% of Fletcher’s land. Who manages Fletcher’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,161 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 11 of 43 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Town Forest Local Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 133 | Unknown |
15 places to go in Fletcher
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
7 more peaks
2 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers
2.4 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Fletcher: 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 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 25 | 28 | 37 | 51 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 77 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fletcher →
Fletcher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | 5% | 0.1 | 111 | 3% | C+ |
| Cambridge | 22% | 0.4 | 35 | 26% | B+ |
| Fairfield | 22% | 0.1 | 472 | 16% | B |
| Fairfax | 11% | 0.2 | 33 | 23% | B |
| Waterville | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Bakersfield | 12% | 0.2 | 4 | 26% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Fletcher
How much of Fletcher is conserved land?
5% 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 Fletcher?
2.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Fletcher?
28,402 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fletcher or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 133 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fletcher have?
Ahead of 41% 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 Fletcher 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 →