Explore Burlington's Wild Places

Visitors of Arms Forest will find an extensive trail network lined with unusual plants, glimpses of deer and fox, and old farm roads shaded by rich canopies of centurion oaks.

Centennial Woods is one of the most frequently visited UVM natural areas. This area is home to over 65 acres of mature conifer stands, mixed hardwoods, fields, streams, and wetland areas.

Crescent Woods is a tiny natural area found in a neighborhood in the South End of Burlington, where the sound of traffic is replaced by tinkling water and wind sweeping through the pines above.

Derway Island is actually not an island, but a peninsula! The park is a nature preserve acquired with help from The Nature Conservancy. Nearby Mayes Landing is a popular location for fishing and birding right at the mouth of the Winooski.

The Ethan Allen Homestead is a hub of activity nestled in the Burlington Intervale near the New North End. The Burlington Wildways trail runs through expansive agricultural fields, floodplain forests, and wetlands.

Ethan Allen Park was one of the first public forest parks in the country and today remains a great place to go on a hike or bike ride. Woods filled with a variety of trees and the Ethan Allen Tower are situated along a ridge created by an ancient thrust fault.

Sandwiched between neighborhoods of Appletree Point between Leddy Park and Starr Farm, The Forest at Appletree Point is a unique oasis near the edge of Lake Champlain.

While MCRMW seemingly sits as an island in its New North End neighborhood, it’s part of a tapestry of other forest fragments.

The northern half of Oakledge Park is all about the beaches, while the southern portion of the park is where forests grow, meadows are being restored as bird habitat, and spring ephemerals bloom.

Each year, nearly 10,000 people come to Rock Point, finding a place to walk, seek solitude, learn, play, sing, pray, think, share, and be.

Travel across 9 miles of the Burlington Wildways trail and explore the Wild Places network of public trails, parks, and natural areas.