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Cockaponset State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
1,435 acres16.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Deep River
Deep River, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Deep River is conserved land, roughly 1,995 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cockaponset State Forest (16.7 mi), Incarnation Center (7.1 mi), and Canfield - Meadow Woods Nature Preserve (3.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Deep River, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Deep River outdoors
Conserved land
22%
1,995 of 9,012 acres
Trails
34 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
448 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.1 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
Incarnation Center
Nature preserve
645 acres7.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Canfield - Meadow Woods Nature Preserve
Managed by Essex Land Trust
113 acres3.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Florence Bidwell Sanctuary
Managed by Deep River Land Trust
13 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
George C. Lyon Nature Preserve
Managed by Deep River Land Trust
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Rattling Valley Ridge Preserve
Managed by Deep River Land Trust
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 24 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 24 parks & preserves
Cockaponset State Forest1,435 acres · 16.7 mi of trail · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Incarnation Center645 acres · 7.1 mi of trail
Canfield - Meadow Woods Nature Preserve113 acres · 3.2 mi of trail · Essex Land Trust
Florence Bidwell Sanctuary13 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Deep River Land Trust
George C. Lyon Nature Preserve10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Deep River Land Trust
Rattling Valley Ridge Preserve8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Deep River Land Trust
Evelyn & Hawthorne Smyth Sanctuary3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Deep River Land Trust
Woodja Hill2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Essex Land Trust
Falls River Sanctuary55 acres · Deep River Land Trust
Walter E. Mislick Memorial Preserve47 acres · Deep River Land Trust
Who protects the land
1,995 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 35 of 35 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 lanes1.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball4
- Soccer3
- Tennis3
- Baseball3
- Football2
- Field hockey1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Deep River and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Deep River'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.