1
Penwood State Park
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
585 acres9.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Bloomfield
Bloomfield, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Bloomfield is conserved land, roughly 2,241 acres. There are about 66 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Penwood State Park (9.3 mi), Reservoir 6 Recreation Area (8.1 mi), and Marion K Wilcox Park (4.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bloomfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bloomfield outdoors
Conserved land
13%
2,241 of 16,700 acres
Trails
66 mi
2.5 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
27
103 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.8 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 2.3 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
Reservoir 6 Recreation Area
Managed by Metropolitan District
675 acres8.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Marion K Wilcox Park
Nature preserve
194 acres4.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Farmington River Park
Nature preserve
47 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Evans Family Meadows
Managed by Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy
21 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve
Park
43 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Filley Park
Nature preserve
19 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Van Otterloo Preserve
Nature preserve
9 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 27 parks & preserves
- Speer Reserve13 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Town of Simsbury Gersten Property6 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Talcott Mountain State Park122 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Blue Hills Neighborhood Center14 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- University of Hartford Open Space125 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bloomfield Town Green1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- West Eggleston Street Tot Lot1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Maplewood West Open Space Area (2 Parcels)28 ac
- Tobacco Valley Open Space Area21 ac
- Woodland Manor Open Space Area (2 Parcels)12 ac
- Colonial Lane Open Space (2 Parcels)10 ac
- North Branch State Access Area8 ac
- Linwood Drive Open Space7 ac
- Plymouth Drive Open Space6 ac
- Pershing Park Playground3 ac
- Gully Green2 ac
- Brewer Drive Tot Lot2 ac
- Wintonbury Hills Playground1 ac · Directions
- Roberts Green1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,241 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 65 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 19 of 40 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis30
- Basketball7
- Baseball6
- Pickleball4
- Soccer1
- Softball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bloomfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | 13.4% | 65.7 mi | 27 |
| East Granby | 21.3% | 38.5 mi | 4 |
| Simsbury | 29% | 103.1 mi | 46 |
| Windsor | 10.9% | 41.3 mi | 45 |
| West Hartford | 23% | 56.1 mi | 23 |
| Hartford | 11.6% | 27.5 mi | 34 |
| Avon | 18.4% | 65.6 mi | 23 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bloomfield'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 20.9-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.