1
Jesse Buell Forest
Managed by Clinton Land Trust
117 acres3.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Clinton
Clinton, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Clinton is conserved land, roughly 1,299 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Jesse Buell Forest (3.7 mi), Kenilworth Forest (2.4 mi), and Weiss-Loveday Watershed (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Clinton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Clinton outdoors
Conserved land
11%
1,299 of 12,101 acres
Trails
26 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
33
97 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.
2
Kenilworth Forest
Managed by Clinton Land Conservation Trust, Inc.
108 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Weiss-Loveday Watershed
Managed by Clinton Land Conservation Trust, Inc.
66 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Cockaponset State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
168 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Peters Memorial Woods
Nature preserve
59 acres1.8 mi of trail
Princess Pine TrailBurnham TrailBougie TrailBrook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Chittenden Hill Preserve
Managed by Clinton Land Conservation Trust, Inc.
23 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Indian River Recreation Complex
Park
32 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Clinton Town Beach
Managed by Town of Clinton
23 acres0.5 mi of trail
Troop 55 Scenic Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 33 parks & preserves
- Deane Haag Property13 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Menunketesuck Wildlife Management Area154 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Olde Orchard Road20 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Sassafras Lane21 ac
- Airline Road12 ac
- Sandy Brook Road11 ac
- Hammonasset River10 ac
- Lar Fagan Sanctuary9 ac
- Fox Hill Drive9 ac
- Silver Birch Lane6 ac
- Town Open Space (Glenwood Road)5 ac
- High St,Rear5 ac
- Bargate Road5 ac
- Killingworth Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land4 ac
- Country Village Lane3 ac
- Liberty Lane3 ac · Directions
- Horse Hill Woods Open Space2 ac · Directions
- Nod Rd-Sunnybrook La2 ac
- Ferris Salt Marsh2 ac
- Nod Road #712 ac
- Chapman Mill Pond Open Space1 ac
- Town Open Space (Kelseytown & Carter Hill Rds)1 ac
- Liberty Green1 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (4 River Road)1 ac
- Town Open Space (High & North High Streets)1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,299 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 96 of 102 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
- Baseball10
- Tennis9
- Soccer7
- Basketball2
- Football2
- Beach volleyball1
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Clinton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | 10.7% | 25.8 mi | 33 |
| Madison | 36.7% | 101.4 mi | 57 |
| Killingworth | 25.9% | 73.1 mi | 13 |
| Westbrook | 12.6% | 23.9 mi | 19 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Clinton'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.