
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Broad Brook
About 13% of Broad Brook is conserved land, roughly 493 acres. There are about 2.1 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Pick a walk
The longest trail network is East Windsor Town Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Scantic River State Park
Kerment
5 places to go in Broad Brook
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 lakes & rivers
493 conserved acres
Who manages Broad Brook’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 140 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 17 of 26 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 303 | Unknown |
| East Windsor Park Local Park | Town or city | 42 | Open |
| Broad Brook Mill Pond Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 30 | Unknown |
| East Windsor Community Gardens Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| East Windsor Dog Owners Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| East Windsor Skateboard Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 1 | Open |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 historic site to visit
Plus 1 cemeteries, often the oldest places in town.
Broad Brook and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Broad Brook | 13.1% | 4 |
| East Windsor | 11% | 10 |
| Ellington | 17.6% | 48 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Broad Brook neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.