1
Werner's Woods
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
162 acres4.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Canton
Canton, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Canton is conserved land, roughly 2,132 acres. There are about 51 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Werner's Woods (4.6 mi), Sweetheart Mountain Trails (2.5 mi), and Uplands Preserve (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Canton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Canton outdoors
Conserved land
13%
2,132 of 15,918 acres
Trails
51 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
210 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.0 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.
2
Sweetheart Mountain Trails
Managed by Canton Land Conservation Trust
63 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Uplands Preserve
Managed by Canton Land Conservation Trust
102 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
4
Pratt Preserve
Managed by Canton Land Conservation Trust
46 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Sweeton Pasture Preserve
Managed by Canton Land Conservation Trust
56 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Roaring Brook Nature Center
Managed by The Children's Museum
8 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Onion Mountain
Nature preserve
163 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
- Canton Land Conservation Trust16 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Mill Pond Park60 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Nepaug Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land503 ac
- McLean Game Refuge62 ac
- Town of Canton Property21 ac
- Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field20 ac · Directions
- Lawton School Site15 ac
- Joan Kenney Preserve7 ac
- Nepaug State Forest4 ac · Directions
- Millennium Field4 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road)2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,132 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 297 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 94 of 97 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 paths3.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball7
- Tennis6
- Basketball5
- Soccer2
- Softball2
- Football1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Canton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton | 13.4% | 50.8 mi | 18 |
| New Hartford | 13% | 78.9 mi | 17 |
| Burlington | 7.3% | 113.5 mi | 18 |
| Avon | 18.4% | 65.6 mi | 23 |
| Simsbury | 29% | 103.1 mi | 46 |
| Barkhamsted | 22.3% | 53.7 mi | 13 |
| Granby | 29.3% | 68.1 mi | 34 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Canton'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.