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Bellamy Preserve
Managed by Bethlehem Land Trust
96 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bethlehem
Bethlehem, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Bethlehem is conserved land, roughly 1,728 acres. There are about 5.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bellamy Preserve (2.2 mi) and Swendsen Farm Preserve (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bethlehem, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bethlehem outdoors
Conserved land
14%
1,728 of 12,506 acres
Trails
5.9 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
505 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.
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Swendsen Farm Preserve
Managed by Town of Bethlehem
129 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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B. Earl Canfield Jr. Preserve
Managed by Bethlehem Land Trust
50 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Town Open Space (Hunt's Land)
Nature preserve
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 24 parks & preserves
- Leever Preserve5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Nonnewaug Pines8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Schwartz Preserve19 ac
- Sky Meadow18 ac · Directions
- Anni and Peter Bergman Preserve16 ac
- Tousi Mountain13 ac
- Risley Refuge13 ac
- Ancient Oak Preserve12 ac
- Two Rivers Preserve10 ac
- Wood Creek Preserve10 ac
- Nonnewaug Pines (Conservation Easment)9 ac · Directions
- Sherlock Homestead7 ac
- Muck Swamp7 ac
- High Meadow Farms6 ac
- Long Horizon4 ac
- Green Hill Meadow3 ac
- Hickory Lane2 ac
- Crane Hollow2 ac
- Langlois Preserve2 ac
- Town Green1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,728 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 612 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 74 of 87 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
- Basketball2
- Beach volleyball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bethlehem and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | 13.8% | 5.9 mi | 24 |
| Washington | 29.6% | 64.9 mi | 14 |
| Morris | 29.8% | 31.6 mi | 5 |
| Woodbury | 19.5% | 38.2 mi | 57 |
| Watertown | 18% | 33.9 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bethlehem'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.