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Outdoors in Woodbury

Few parks or trails are on the map in Woodbury

The biggest trail networks: Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve (3.3 mi), Woodbury Town Forest (0.8 mi). 16% of Woodbury’s land is conserved, about 3,935 acres. 3,536 acres are parks and preserves, 5,366 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
16%
3,935 acres · of 37.7 sq mi of land
Trails
19 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
3,536 ac
5,366 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
17%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.8 mi
3.8 mi paths
Highest peak
2,480 ft
Woodbury Mountain
Lakes & rivers
14
6 boat launches
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

123
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve, with 3.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve

Nature preserve
3,091 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Woodbury Town Forest

Managed by Town of Woodbury
63 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area

Nature preserve
308 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

3,935 conserved acres

16% of Woodbury’s land. Who manages Woodbury’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits795 ac
Not recorded3,514 ac
Private Conservation · 3,160 acConservation Easement · 419 acState Conservation Area · 307 acUnknown Easement · 203 acForest Stewardship Easement · 95 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 420 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 33 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve
Private Conservation
Not recorded3,160Open
Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
Not recorded307Open
Woodbury Town Forest
Local Resource Management Area
Not recorded46Unknown
Greenwood Lake Access
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded1Open
Nelson Pond Access
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded1Open
Things to do

12 places to go in Woodbury

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

Fishing spots in Woodbury
Greenwood Lake Access Area
Directions
Nelson Pond Access Area
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail and 14 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 7.3 mi
Herrick's Cove0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Buck LakeCranberry Meadow PondpondEast Long PondreservoirForest LakelakeGreenwood LakeHarry PondreservoirMud PondNichols PondpondSabin PondpondShadow PondpondSlayton PondpondValley LakereservoirWalton PondNichols Brook
Biking & sports

3.8 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

3.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Tennis

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Woodbury Town HallBuilding · listed 1995
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Woodbury: 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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)252837506472767568544130
Rain (in)3.02.73.23.64.05.15.04.53.74.63.53.7

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 5.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Woodbury →

Next door

Woodbury and its neighbors

Woodbury has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Elmore21 miWoodbury19 miHardwick18 miCalais8.0 miCabot6.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Woodbury— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Elmore— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hardwick11%0.516131%B+
Calais10%0.221325%B
Cabot13%0.267023%B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Woodbury

Where can I hike in Woodbury?

The longest trail networks: Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve, 3.3 miles; Woodbury Town Forest, 0.8 miles; Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on Woodbury’s trails?

Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve and Woodbury Town Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Woodbury?

3.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.8 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Woodbury?

56,342 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Woodbury or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3,539 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Woodbury neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →