Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.014% of Glover’s land is conserved: 3,397 acres
4% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 7.2 per 1,000 residents. 13 miles of mapped trail cross Glover, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Glover?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Glover have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Glover is ahead of 43% 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 Glover’s 14% is ahead of 52% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 23% 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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3,397 conserved acres
14% of Glover’s land. Who manages Glover’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,291 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 25 of 91 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barton River Streambank State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 100 | Open |
| Long Pond Watershed Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 3 | Closed |
| Long Pond Natural Area Private Conservation | Not recorded | 3 | Open |
| Clark Pond Access State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Open |
| Shadow Lake Access (Glover) State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Open |
13 places to go in Glover
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.
Plus 3 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3 named trails and 6 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Glover: 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 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 24 | 27 | 36 | 49 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 5.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Glover →
Glover and its neighbors
Glover has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glover | 14% | 0.4 | 7 | 4% | C+ |
| Greensboro | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Sheffield | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Barton | 7% | 0.3 | 135 | 53% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Glover
How much of Glover is conserved land?
14% 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 Glover?
25,040 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glover or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 111 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Glover have?
Ahead of 43% 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 Glover 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 →