Photo: Jared and Corin · CC BY-SA 2.098% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Poultney
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Poultney, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Poultney?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Poultney have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Poultney is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Vermont towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Poultney’s under 1% is ahead of 0% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 18% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Poultney: 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 33 | 42 | 57 | 69 | 77 | 82 | 80 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Poultney →
Questions about parks and trails in Poultney
How much of Poultney 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.
Where can I bike in Poultney?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Poultney?
15,199 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Poultney or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Poultney have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Poultney neighbors.
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 →