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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Tunbridge

Tunbridge has 166 acres of parks, 132 for every 1,000 residents

10% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5% of Tunbridge’s land is conserved, about 1,394 acres. 8.3 miles of mapped trail cross Tunbridge, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
5%
1,394 acres · of 44.6 sq mi of land
Trails
8.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
166 ac
132 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
10%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,106 ft
Brocklebank Hill
Lakes & rivers
2

What kind of outdoors town is Tunbridge?

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

Room to roam132 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.History along the way9 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Tunbridge have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tunbridge is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. 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 Tunbridge’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical VT town 14% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · VT 0.6 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land132 acres of park per 1,000 residents (166 acres) · VT 97 · U.S. 13AParks close to home10% 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 50%
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Vermont towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Tunbridge’s 5% is ahead of 11% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 4% 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.

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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.

Kibling Hill Wildlife Management Area

Nature preserve
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

1,394 conserved acres

5% of Tunbridge’s land. Who manages Tunbridge’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits1,914 ac
Joint78 ac
State conservation60 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)60 ac
State fish & wildlife11 ac
Not recorded332 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,115 acAgricultural Easement · 539 acUnknown Easement · 469 acLocal Resource Management Area · 165 acPrivate Conservation · 151 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,061 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 15 of 41 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tunbridge Town Forest
Local Resource Management Area
Not recorded165Unknown
Upper Valley Land Trust
Private Conservation
Not recorded151Unknown
White River Streambank
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded16Open
Things to do

8 places to go in Tunbridge

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

Peaks in Tunbridge
Brocklebank Hill2,106 ft elevation
Directions
Old Hurricane Hill1,886 ft elevation
Directions
Tunbridge Hill1,886 ft elevation
Directions
East Hill1,539 ft elevation
Directions
Curtis Hill1,467 ft elevation
Directions
Whitney Hill1,358 ft elevation
Directions
Goodwin Hill1,322 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

2 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 2.7 miHorses · 2.2 miUnpaved · 3.1 mi
Town Highway 320.8 mi
Town Highway 390.7 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Tunbridge Trout PondreservoirFirst Branch White River
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.

VTXLBike route
1.5 mi
Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Softball
1Basketball

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

History along the way

9 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 10 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Larkin Covered BridgeStructure · listed 1974
About it
Mill Covered BridgeStructure · listed 1974
About it
Cilley Covered BridgeStructure · listed 1974
About it
Flint Covered BridgeStructure · listed 1974
About it
Howe Covered BridgeStructure · listed 1974
About it
Hayward and Kibby MillBuilding · listed 1992
About it
Tunbridge Village Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1994
About it
South Tunbridge Methodist Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 2001
About it
Foundry BridgeStructure · listed 2007
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Tunbridge: 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)9.210.411.813.414.715.515.214.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)283240546876807871574534
Rain (in)3.12.63.13.43.64.44.64.13.54.33.33.7

February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Tunbridge →

Next door

Tunbridge and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Strafford24 miChelsea11 miRandolph9.5 miTunbridge8.3 miRoyalton7.6 miBethel4.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Tunbridge5%0.213210%B−
Randolph9%0.23136%B
Strafford20%0.61,10811%A−
Royalton5%0.28822%B−
Chelsea10%0.347127%B+
Bethel6%0.129043%B

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

Questions about parks and trails in Tunbridge

How much of Tunbridge is conserved land?

5% 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 Tunbridge’s trails?

Kibling Hill Wildlife Management Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Tunbridge?

12,481 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tunbridge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 174 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Tunbridge have?

Ahead of 50% 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 Tunbridge 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 →