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Quinebaug Wildlife Area
Managed by State of Connecticut
353 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Canterbury
Canterbury, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Canterbury is conserved land, roughly 1,355 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Canterbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Canterbury outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
1,355 of 25,587 acres
Trails
10 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
17
264 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 Fish Hatchery
Managed by State of Connecticut
134 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Racy Forest and Property
Managed by Wolf Den Land Trust
129 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Rock Spring Wildlife Refuge
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
63 acres
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
All 17 parks & preserves
- Arthur and Dorothy Kinne Preserve28 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Campagna Preserve59 ac
- Quinebaug River Boat Launch24 ac
- Little River Water Access21 ac
- Mohegan State Forest18 ac
- Irma and Charles Levonius Preserve11 ac
- Robert Manship Park9 ac · Directions
- James V. Spignesi Jr. Wildlife Management Area4 ac
- Frink Park4 ac · Directions
- Campbell Ball Field4 ac
- Hanover Road Open Space3 ac
- Town Open Space (Route 169)1 ac
- Canterbury Green1 ac
Who protects the land
1,355 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 417 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 51 of 56 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
- Soccer1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Canterbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury | 5.3% | 10.3 mi | 17 |
| Plainfield | 13.5% | 22.9 mi | 15 |
| Scotland | 32.6% | 13.7 mi | 8 |
| Hampton | 28.5% | 39.0 mi | 16 |
| Brooklyn | 9.2% | 5.8 mi | 14 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Canterbury'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 26.1-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.