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Guildhall VT 10-3-25Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in Guildhall

Few parks or trails are on the map in Guildhall

25% of Guildhall’s land is conserved, about 5,307 acres. 210 acres are parks and preserves, 566 per 1,000 residents. 13 miles of mapped trail cross Guildhall, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
25%
5,307 acres · of 33.0 sq mi of land
Trails
13 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
210 ac
566 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
40%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,687 ft
Stone Mountain
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

1
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.

Guildhall Square

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

5,307 conserved acres

25% of Guildhall’s land. Who manages Guildhall’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits6,837 ac
Other state land1,659 ac
State parks1,318 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)306 ac
State conservation263 ac
U.S. Forest Service14 ac
Town or city9 ac
Conservation Easement · 5,438 acAgricultural Easement · 3,069 acForest Stewardship Easement · 1,315 acPrivate Conservation · 658 acLocal Resource Management Area · 63 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,738 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 26 of 104 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Great Guildhall Swamp
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits386Closed
Great Guildhall Swamp Natural Area
Private Conservation
Not recorded146Open
Sheridan Mountain Natural Area
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits116Closed
Guildhall Town Forest
Local Resource Management Area
Not recorded54Unknown
Green Mountain Other
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service14Open
Sheridan Mountain
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits11Closed
Granby Town Forest
Local Resource Management Area
Town or city9Open
Things to do

9 places to go in Guildhall

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Guildhall
Stone Mountain2,687 ft elevation
Directions
Burnside Mountain2,454 ft elevation
Directions
Adden Mountain2,310 ft elevation
Directions
Round Mountain2,205 ft elevation
Directions
Sheridan Mountain2,162 ft elevation
Directions
Halibut Mountain1,998 ft elevation
Directions
Colby Mountain1,749 ft elevation
Directions
Duren Mountain1,437 ft elevation
Directions
1 more peak
Flynn Hill1,263 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Guildhall Village Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Guildhall: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)263039536775807870574332
Rain (in)2.72.22.63.23.94.34.34.03.54.33.03.3

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Guildhall →

Next door

Guildhall and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Guildhall— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lunenburg5%0.5under 1under 1%C−
Maidstone— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Granby— 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 Guildhall

Are dogs allowed on Guildhall’s trails?

Guildhall Square doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Guildhall?

57,411 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Guildhall or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 784 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Guildhall neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →