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Davis Forest
Managed by Town of Brooklyn
181 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Brooklyn
Brooklyn, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.2% of Brooklyn is conserved land, roughly 1,714 acres. There are about 5.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Davis Forest (1.9 mi) and Quinebaug Property (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brooklyn, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brooklyn outdoors
Conserved land
9.2%
1,714 of 18,608 acres
Trails
5.8 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
14
201 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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Quinebaug Property
Managed by Eversource
228 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Natchaug State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
144 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Ferguson Conservancy
Managed by Wolf Den Land Trust
78 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 14 parks & preserves
- Lester B. Williams Memorial Forest75 ac
- Windham County Soil Conservation District73 ac
- Riverside Park46 ac · Directions
- White Brook Sanctuary44 ac
- Booth Preserves20 ac
- Brooklyn Recreation Park9 ac
- Rotary Park6 ac · Directions
- Quinebaug Wildlife Area5 ac
- Sherman Preserve4 ac
- South Street Park1 ac
Who protects the land
1,714 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 353 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 41 of 61 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
- Tennis5
- Baseball3
- Softball2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Brooklyn and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 9.2% | 5.8 mi | 14 |
| Killingly | 10.9% | 21.9 mi | 23 |
| Plainfield | 13.5% | 22.9 mi | 15 |
| Danielson | 3% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
| Pomfret | 32.6% | 39.3 mi | 26 |
| Hampton | 28.5% | 39.0 mi | 16 |
| Canterbury | 5.3% | 10.3 mi | 17 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brooklyn'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 20.6-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.