Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Wallingford Main Street Historic District · Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.036 miles of mapped trail cross Wallingford, 0.9 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area (16.7 mi), Green Mountain National Forest (11.9 mi). 53 acres are parks and preserves, 23 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wallingford is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Vermont towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Wallingford’s 34% is ahead of 94% of Vermont towns, while its trails per square mile lead 55% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
The longest trail network is Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, with 16.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
34% of Wallingford’s land. Who manages Wallingford’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 533 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 12 of 24 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 8,746 | Open |
| Appalachian National Scenic Trail National Scenic or Historic Trail | National Park Service | 479 | Open |
| Wallingford Town Forest Local Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 49 | Unknown |
| Wallingford Fire District Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 8 | Unknown |
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Plus 2 scenic views without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
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) | 28 | 30 | 38 | 51 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 43 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 5.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Wallingford →
Wallingford has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallingford | 34% | 0.9 | 23 | 25% | A− |
| Clarendon | 2% | 0.2 | 20 | 9% | C |
| Mount Holly | 30% | 0.4 | 123 | 4% | B+ |
| Tinmouth | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Shrewsbury | 37% | 1.0 | 2,604 | 29% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
The longest trail networks: Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, 16.7 miles; Green Mountain National Forest, 11.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
34% 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.
Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area and Green Mountain National Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
58,262 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wallingford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,792 of them inside the town line.
Ahead of 75% 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.
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wallingford neighbors.
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 →