Newport Town Forest
Nature preserve
463 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Newport
Newport has 468 acres of parks, 292 for every 1,000 residents
20% of Newport’s land is conserved, about 5,232 acres. 23% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 7.0 miles of mapped trail cross Newport, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns · #55 of 71 in Vermont. What drives it
Conserved land
20%
5,232 acres · of 41.5 sq mi of land
Trails
7.0 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
468 ac
292 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
23%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,159 ft
Black Hill
Lakes & rivers
3
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Newport?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Newport have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Newport is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #55 of 71 in Vermont. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Newport’s overall grade.
Conserved land20% of the land · typical VT town 14% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 mi) · VT 0.6 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land292 acres of park per 1,000 residents (468 acres) · VT 97 · U.S. 13AParks close to home23% 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 67%
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Vermont towns of 2,500+ (71)Ahead of 23%
Vermont towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Newport’s 20% is ahead of 71% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− 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.
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.
Who protects it
5,232 conserved acres
20% of Newport’s land. Who manages Newport’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits9,121 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1,145 ac
State fish & wildlife4 ac
Not recorded468 ac
Conservation Easement · 4,835 acAgricultural Easement · 4,725 acUnknown Easement · 710 acLocal Resource Management Area · 463 acState Other or Unknown · 5 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,764 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 42 of 132 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Town Forest Local Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 463 | Unknown |
| West Shore Access State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 3 | Unknown |
| Whipple Point Access State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 2 | Open |
Things to do
8 places to go in Newport
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Newport
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Newport
Boat Ramp
DirectionsPeaks in Newport
Black Hill2,159 ft elevation
DirectionsBear Mount1,752 ft elevation
DirectionsCoburn Hill1,496 ft elevation
DirectionsCoburn Hill1,496 ft elevation
DirectionsAllen Hill1,093 ft elevation
DirectionsPlus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Trails & water
2 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.0 miHorses · 1.0 miUnpaved · 2.3 mi
Town Highway 251.0 mi
TH-190.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Newport: 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 24 | 28 | 37 | 51 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Newport →
Next door
Newport and its neighbors
Newport has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Newport
How much of Newport 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 Newport’s trails?
Newport Town Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Newport?
18,780 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Newport or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 472 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Newport have?
Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #55 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 Newport 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 →