Oxbow Riverfront Park
Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Oxbow Walking Path
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Morrisville
Morrisville has 11 acres of parks, 4.0 for every 1,000 residents
2.1 miles of mapped trail cross Morrisville, 1.1 per square mile of land. 82% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.0 sq mi of land
Trails
2.1 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
4.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
82%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.0 mi
2.0 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Morrisville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Morrisville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Morrisville is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Morrisville’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical VT town 14% · U.S. 4%DTrails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · VT 0.6 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land4.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (11 acres) · VT 97 · U.S. 13CParks close to home82% of residents within a half mile of a park · VT 38% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 41%
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Vermont towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Morrisville’s under 1% is ahead of 0% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 62% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. 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
The longest trail network is Oxbow Riverfront Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
4 places to go in Morrisville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Morrisville
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Morrisville
Morrisville Dog Play Park
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 0.5 mi
Oxbow Walking Path0.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
2.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Multi-sport
3Baseball
3Soccer
2Basketball
2Tennis
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Morrisville: 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) | 26 | 30 | 39 | 53 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 56 | 44 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Morrisville →
Questions about parks and trails in Morrisville
Where can I hike in Morrisville?
The longest trail networks: Oxbow Riverfront Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Morrisville is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Morrisville’s trails?
Oxbow Riverfront Park and Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Morrisville?
2.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.0 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Morrisville?
39,954 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Morrisville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Morrisville 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 Morrisville 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 →