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River Highlands State Park
Nature preserve
184 acres8.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cromwell
Cromwell, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Cromwell is conserved land, roughly 1,305 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in River Highlands State Park (8.8 mi), Watrous Park (2.6 mi), and Pierson Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cromwell, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cromwell outdoors
Conserved land
16%
1,305 of 8,241 acres
Trails
27 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
91 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.8 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
Watrous Park
Park
53 acres2.6 mi of trail
Push Bike DelightPipe LineMedusaMr. SmooothieWhoop-De-Doo
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Pierson Park
Park
15 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Riverport Park at Frisbee Landing
Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 11 parks & preserves
- Evergreen Hill36 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Cromwell Landing2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Cromwell Fish & Game Club59 ac
- Cromwell Fire District Open Space33 ac
- Town Of Cromwell Open Space21 ac · Directions
- Valour Memorial Green3 ac · Directions
- Dividend Pond Open Space1 ac
Who protects the land
1,305 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 48 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 24 of 33 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 paths0.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Pickleball12
- Soccer10
- Baseball9
- Basketball5
- Football3
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Cromwell and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwell | 15.8% | 27.2 mi | 11 |
| Middletown | 12.8% | 81.3 mi | 31 |
| Portland | 32.4% | 63.2 mi | 40 |
| Berlin | 25.6% | 74.2 mi | 37 |
| Rocky Hill | 10.4% | 19.7 mi | 28 |
| Glastonbury | 28.6% | 174.3 mi | 186 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cromwell'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.