1
Naugatuck State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
457 acres4.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bethany
Bethany, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Bethany is conserved land, roughly 1,471 acres. There are about 54 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Naugatuck State Forest (4.9 mi), Town of Bethany Property (2.6 mi), and Hein Trails (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bethany, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bethany outdoors
Conserved land
11%
1,471 of 13,651 acres
Trails
54 mi
2.5 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
278 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
Town of Bethany Property
Nature preserve
160 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hein Trails
Managed by Bethany Land Trust
49 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Woodward Preserve
Nature preserve
36 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Mendell's Folly Preserve
Nature preserve
68 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Ida Carrington Lowell Land
Managed by Bethany Land Trust
26 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
West Rock Ridge State Park
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
85 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
8
Grobe Hockanum Brook Upland Preserve
Nature preserve
27 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 21 parks & preserves
- Bethany Bog & Lebanon Swamp64 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Van Epps Preserve6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Naugatuck State Forest - Mount Sanford Block18 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Town Of Bethany (Fairwood & Amity Roads)17 ac · Directions
- The Nature Conservancy Quiddity (Owned)13 ac
- Luke Hill Preserve13 ac
- Podgwaite Preserve10 ac
- Peck Pond4 ac · Directions
- Kleeman/Egger/Stronk Property4 ac
- Rodell’s Roost for Robins3 ac
- Bethany Library Park3 ac
- Edna L. Delano Nature Sanctuary3 ac
- Hershman's Hollow2 ac
Who protects the land
1,471 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 128 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 51 of 54 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
- Basketball5
- Tennis4
- Baseball3
- Soccer2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bethany and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany | 10.8% | 53.7 mi | 21 |
| Woodbridge | 10.3% | 55.4 mi | 27 |
| Hamden | 15.4% | 123.1 mi | 31 |
| Prospect | 3.1% | 12.1 mi | 14 |
| Beacon Falls | 26.5% | 31.7 mi | 7 |
| Naugatuck | 11.2% | 23.9 mi | 21 |
| Seymour | 11.1% | 18.3 mi | 17 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bethany'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 20-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.