1
City of New Britain Watershed Lands
Managed by City of New Britain
3,046 acres39 mi of trail
Yellow Diamond Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Burlington
Burlington, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.3% of Burlington is conserved land, roughly 1,405 acres. There are about 114 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in City of New Britain Watershed Lands (39 mi), Nassahegon State Forest (30.8 mi), and Sessions Woods WMA (15.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Burlington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Burlington outdoors
Conserved land
7.3%
1,405 of 19,347 acres
Trails
114 mi
3.8 mi per sq mi · 21 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
145 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.6 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
Nassahegon State Forest
Managed by State of Connecticut
1,288 acres30.8 mi of trail
Big Dipper
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
756 acres15.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
City of Bristol Watershed Lands
Managed by City of Bristol
669 acres7.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Nepaug Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by The Metropolitan District
2,362 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
6
Pigeon Hill Preserve
Managed by City of Bristol
25 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Barnes Nature Center Preserve
Managed by Environmental Learning Centers
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Seven Steps Falls Preserve
Managed by The Burlington Land Trust
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
- Sweetheart Mountain Trails2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Hart Preserve62 ac
- Malerbo Rec Complex20 ac · Directions
- Little League Field9 ac · Directions
- Town of Farmington Open Space6 ac
- Property of Marilyn P. Cohen4 ac
- Coppermine Village Open Space3 ac
- Foote Road Recreation Area3 ac
- Town Open Space (Pondwood Acres Subdivision)2P2 ac
- Town Open Space (Vineland Road)2 ac
Who protects the land
1,405 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 23 of 30 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 paths2.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Burlington (bike route)3.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis8
- Baseball7
- Soccer6
- Basketball5
- Pickleball4
- Beach volleyball2
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Burlington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington | 7.3% | 113.5 mi | 18 |
| Avon | 18.4% | 65.6 mi | 23 |
| Harwinton | 13.8% | 46.4 mi | 5 |
| Canton | 13.4% | 50.8 mi | 18 |
| Bristol | 5.5% | 27.8 mi | 23 |
| Farmington | 26.8% | 66.0 mi | 39 |
| New Hartford | 13% | 78.9 mi | 17 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Burlington'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 20.5-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.