1
Selleck's Woods Nature Preserve
Managed by Town of Darien
45 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Darien
Darien, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.6% of Darien is conserved land, roughly 393 acres. There are about 8.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Darien, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Darien outdoors
Conserved land
2.6%
393 of 14,937 acres
Trails
8.5 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.8 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
Baker Park
Park
15 acres0.3 mi of trail
Baker park trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Tilley Pond Park
Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
McGuane Field
Park
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 12 parks & preserves
- David Fetter Park1 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Pear Tree Point Beach Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Noroton Presbyterian Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Woodland Park66 ac
- Weed Beach Park16 ac · Directions
- Stony Brook Park7 ac · Directions
- Mather Fields6 ac · Directions
- Sleepy Hollow Park2 ac
Who protects the land
393 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 24 of 36 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 lanes7.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis54
- Baseball11
- Pickleball11
- Soccer6
- Softball2
- Football2
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Darien and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien | 2.6% | 8.5 mi | 12 |
| Stamford | 7.9% | 30.7 mi | 59 |
| Norwalk | 4.2% | 13.7 mi | 56 |
| New Canaan | 5.8% | 10.5 mi | 16 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Darien'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.