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North Troy VT 11-01-25bPhoto: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in North Troy

Few parks or trails are on the map in North Troy

6% of North Troy’s land is conserved, about 66 acres. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 3.0 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross North Troy, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
6%
66 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
3.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
75%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

66 conserved acres

6% of North Troy’s land. Who manages North Troy’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits73 ac
Other state land29 ac
Not recorded1 ac
Conservation Easement · 65 acAgricultural Easement · 36 acPrivate Conservation · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 65 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Vermont Land Trust
Private Conservation
Not recorded1Closed
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

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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
2Basketball
2Tennis
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in North Troy: 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)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.58.8
High (°F)252838526674797769564331
Rain (in)3.02.52.93.53.94.64.74.63.94.63.43.6

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 4.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in North Troy →

Questions about parks and trails in North Troy

Is there public land near North Troy?

12,125 acres of parks and open public land lie inside North Troy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from North Troy 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 →