1
Yale-Myers Forest
Managed by Yale School Forests
1,826 acres12.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Ashford
Ashford, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Ashford is conserved land, roughly 7,940 acres. There are about 55 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Yale-Myers Forest (12.6 mi), Natchaug State Forest (5 mi), and June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation (4.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ashford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ashford outdoors
Conserved land
32%
7,940 of 25,112 acres
Trails
55 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 42 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
1,879 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Natchaug State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
1,467 acres5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation
Managed by Boy Scouts
954 acres4.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
4
Nipmuck State Forest Laurel Sanctuary
Nature preserve
297 acres3.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Friedman Memorial Forest
Managed by Joshua's Trust
134 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Josias Byles Sanctuary
Managed by Joshua's Trust
68 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Rankin Preserve
Managed by Joshua's Trust
83 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Pinkham Preserve
Managed by Joshua's Trust
52 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 23 parks & preserves
- Langhammer Town Forest81 ac · 1.4 mi trail · Directions
- Church Farm Center for Arts and Sciences146 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
- Church Farm Preserve69 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
- Iron Mine Valley Preserve53 ac · 1.1 mi trail
- Tinkerville Brook Preserve41 ac · 1.1 mi trail · Directions
- Knowlton Hill Preserve52 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Hole in the Wall Gang Camp195 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Fliegel Farm Woods5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Colts Pond Road Preserve30 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pompey Hollow Park28 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Nipmuck State Forest297 ac
- Ashford Memorial Park33 ac · Directions
- Eastern Connecticut Sportsman Club27 ac
- Haberman Haven12 ac
- Ashford Town Green1 ac
Who protects the land
7,940 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,300 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 30 of 35 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball3
- Tennis3
- Beach volleyball1
- Softball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ashford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford | 31.6% | 55.4 mi | 23 |
| Eastford | 50.2% | 43.9 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ashford's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 22.2-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.