1
Mohawk State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
2,268 acres13.2 mi of trail
Black Spruce Bog Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cornwall
Cornwall, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 44% of Cornwall is conserved land, roughly 12,925 acres. There are about 53 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mohawk State Forest (13.2 mi), Housatonic State Forest (9.4 mi), and Wyantenock State Forest (7.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cornwall, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cornwall outdoors
Conserved land
44%
12,925 of 29,471 acres
Trails
53 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 44 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
9,070 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
Housatonic State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
2,600 acres9.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wyantenock State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
2,100 acres7.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Dobbs Preserve
Managed by Cornwall Conservation Trust
118 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Trinity Forest Preserve
Managed by Cornwall Conservation Trust
303 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Rattlesnake Preserve
Managed by Cornwall Conservation Trust
95 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Day Preserve
Managed by Cornwall Conservation Trust
179 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Red Mountain Preserve
Managed by Cornwall Conservation Trust
66 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 21 parks & preserves
- Audrey and Robert Tobin Preserve65 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Trinity Retreat Center141 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Robinson Preserve60 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Ballyhack Preserve - Cornwall Conservation Trust, Inc.52 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Boyum Preserve31 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Cathedral Pines Preserve46 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Town Open Space (Route 128)29 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- CCT Walker-Cobble Easement15 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Appalachian Trail Scenic Open Space130 ac
- Evans Preserve91 ac · Directions
- Kent Falls State Park76 ac
- Brokaw Preserve51 ac
- CCT Walker-Cobble5 ac
Who protects the land
12,925 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,474 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 140 of 198 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
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Cornwall and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cornwall'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 27.9-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.