1
US-6 Corridor
Managed by State of Connecticut;Town of Coventry;Town of Andover;Town of Bolton
145 acres4.6 mi of trail
Yellow BlazesOrange Blazes
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bolton
Bolton, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Bolton is conserved land, roughly 1,077 acres. There are about 38 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in US-6 Corridor (4.6 mi), Bolton Notch State Park (2.8 mi), and Lombardi Ridge Preserve (2.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bolton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bolton outdoors
Conserved land
12%
1,077 of 9,353 acres
Trails
38 mi
2.6 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
222 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.6 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
Bolton Notch State Park
Nature preserve
130 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Lombardi Ridge Preserve
Nature preserve
98 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Gay City State Park
Nature preserve
182 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
5
John S. Risley Memorial Park
Nature preserve
81 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
6
Bolton Heritage Farm
Managed by Town of Bolton
122 acres2 mi of trail
Bolton Heritage Farm Connector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Herrick Memorial Park
Nature preserve
83 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Porter Howard Watershed Land
Managed by Town of Manchester
202 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 25 parks & preserves
- Bobcat Woods Community Forest80 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
- Box Mountain Forest35 ac · 1.3 mi trail
- Edith Toomey Clark Property51 ac · 1.2 mi trail
- Freja Park18 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Castlerock Lane28 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- John and Frederica Johnson Memorial Camp56 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Blackledge Marsh Preserve20 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Town of Bolton Land40 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Hop River State Park Trail90 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Andover Sportsmens Club58 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Gorton Family Preserve59 ac
- Bolton Open Space46 ac · Directions
- Indian Notch Park31 ac
- Bolton Meadows/Tumblebrook Drive19 ac
- Duhaime Preserve8 ac
- Bolton Lake Boat Launch & Dam8 ac · Directions
- Lydall Watershed Land3 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,077 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 37 of 40 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 paths5.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis5
- Softball4
- Soccer4
- Pickleball4
- Basketball3
- Baseball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bolton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 11.5% | 37.8 mi | 25 |
| Manchester | 17.6% | 101.0 mi | 52 |
| Vernon | 18.9% | 30.7 mi | 37 |
| Andover | 22.3% | 15.4 mi | 22 |
| Hebron | 24.3% | 76.2 mi | 55 |
| Glastonbury | 28.6% | 174.3 mi | 185 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bolton'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.