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Town Hall Hinesburg Vermont USAPhoto: User:Dismas · Public domain
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Outdoors in Hinesburg

Hinesburg has 2,264 acres of parks, 480 for every 1,000 residents

64 miles of mapped trail cross Hinesburg, 1.6 per square mile of land. 20% of Hinesburg’s land is conserved, about 4,938 acres. 26% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 88% of U.S. towns · #16 of 71 in Vermont. What drives it

Conserved land
20%
4,938 acres · of 39.3 sq mi of land
Trails
64 mi
1.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
2,264 ac
480 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
26%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
Highest peak
1,617 ft
Red Rock
Lakes & rivers
3

What kind of outdoors town is Hinesburg?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam480 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.A trail town1.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 90% of U.S. towns.Land that stays wild20% of the land is conserved; a typical Vermont town, 14%.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Hinesburg have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hinesburg is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns, #16 of 71 in Vermont. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hinesburg’s overall grade.
Conserved land20% of the land · typical VT town 14% · U.S. 4%ATrails1.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (64 mi) · VT 0.6 · U.S. 0.4APark land480 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2,264 acres) · VT 97 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to home26% of residents within a half mile of a park · VT 38% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 88%
LessMore
Vermont towns of 2,500+ (71)Ahead of 79%

Vermont towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Hinesburg’s 20% is ahead of 70% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 81% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Geprags Park, with 1.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Geprags Park

Managed by Town of Hinesburg
87 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dogs on leash
Directionsto the parking lot

Fred Johnson Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife
1,061 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Raven Ridge Natural Area

Managed by The Nature Conservancy
94 acres
No dogs
No trailhead mapped yet

Wainer Community Playground & Park

Park
6 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

4,938 conserved acres

20% of Hinesburg’s land. Who manages Hinesburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits3,514 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,083 ac
State fish & wildlife318 ac
State conservation300 ac
Town or city298 ac
Joint273 ac
Not recorded2,127 ac
Conservation Easement · 2,586 acAgricultural Easement · 2,151 acState Conservation Area · 1,166 acLocal Resource Management Area · 842 acLocal Other or Unknown · 298 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2,322 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 39 of 171 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Fred Johnson Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
Not recorded1,065Open
Hinesburg Town Forest
Local Resource Management Area
Not recorded842Unknown
Laplatte Headwaters Town Forest
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city298Open
Lewis Creek Streambank
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded225Open
Raven Ridge Natural Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife101Open
Charlotte Southeast Hill
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits100Closed
Geprag's Park
Local Park
Not recorded86Unknown
Things to do

10 places to go in Hinesburg

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

Peaks in Hinesburg
Red Rock1,617 ft elevation
Directions
Lincoln Hill1,614 ft elevation
Directions
Texas Hill1,578 ft elevation
Directions
Dow Hill1,240 ft elevation
Directions
High Rock495 ft elevation
Directions

Plus 3 peaks without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

25 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 4.9 miUnpaved · 29.5 mi
VAST trail2.3 mi
VAST Trail2.0 mi
Passing the Horizon2.0 mi
Dragon's Tail1.8 mi
Henry's Highlands1.8 mi
Back Door1.7 mi
Russell Trail1.6 mi
Eagle's Trail1.6 mi
Front Door1.6 mi
Chewy's Connector1.5 mi
15 more trails
Pinner
1.3 mi
Homestead
1.2 mi
International
1.2 mi
Slight Returns
1.1 mi
The Preacher
1.0 mi
Maiden
1.0 mi
Millenium Falcon
1.0 mi
Sheep Thrills
0.9 mi
Enchanted Forest
0.9 mi
Sunset Lake Trail
0.8 mi
Stealth
0.7 mi
Tatooine
0.6 mi
Wolf Tree
0.6 mi
Han Solo
0.6 mi
Flying Tractor Trail
0.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Lower PondreservoirStormwater Treatment PondpondLewis Creek
Biking & sports

0.9 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
MTB Hinesburg Town ForestBike route
14.6 mi
MTB Carse HillsBike route
10 mi
MTB Sleepy HollowBike route
5.2 mi
Courts & fields
5Baseball
2Tennis
1Soccer
1Lacrosse
1Field hockey
1Football
1Multi-sport
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Cicero Goddard Peck HouseBuilding · listed 2010
About it
Hinesburg Town ForestDistrict · listed 2016
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Hinesburg: 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)283141556876817971584634
Rain (in)2.42.02.53.23.84.44.34.13.74.03.02.8

February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hinesburg →

Next door

Hinesburg and its neighbors

Hinesburg has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Hinesburg64 miShelburne47 miCharlotte20 miStarksboro16 miMonkton11 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Hinesburg20%1.648026%A
Charlotte22%0.522134%A−
Monkton12%0.315012%B
Shelburne27%1.911328%A
Starksboro15%0.41,26027%B+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Hinesburg

Where can I hike in Hinesburg?

The longest trail networks: Geprags Park, 1.6 miles; Wainer Community Playground & Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Hinesburg is conserved land?

20% 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 Hinesburg’s trails?

OpenStreetMap records dogs as welcome at Geprags Park (on leash). For the rest, check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Hinesburg?

0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths. Named routes: MTB Hinesburg Town Forest, MTB Carse Hills and MTB Sleepy Hollow.

Is there public land near Hinesburg?

46,099 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hinesburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,773 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Hinesburg have?

Ahead of 88% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #16 of 71 in Vermont. 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 Hinesburg 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 →