1
Cockaponset State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
1,210 acres10.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Durham
Durham, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Durham is conserved land, roughly 3,556 acres. There are about 49 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cockaponset State Forest (10.1 mi), Mount Pisgah Open Space (8.7 mi), and Millers Pond State Park (4.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Durham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Durham outdoors
Conserved land
24%
3,556 of 15,151 acres
Trails
49 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
493 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
Mount Pisgah Open Space
Managed by Town of Durham
186 acres8.7 mi of trail
Northern ExposureNew England TrailPisgah Road Connector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Millers Pond State Park
Managed by State of Connecticut
179 acres4.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Mica Ledges
Managed by Middlesex Land Trust
71 acres1.7 mi of trail
Mica Ledges TrailSelectmen's PathNew England TrailMaria Schmidt Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
5
Frederick White Farm
Managed by Town of Durham
110 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Curtis Woodland
Managed by Town of Durham
145 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Tri-Mountain State Park
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Gulielmetti Open Space
Managed by Town of Durham
29 acres0.3 mi of trail
New England Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
All 19 parks & preserves
- Durham Meadows Wildlife Management Area511 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Allyn Brook Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Friendly Acres Farm204 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Otte Meadows Durham CT Open Space114 ac
- Durham Rod And Gun Club42 ac
- Parmelee Brook Preserve7 ac
- Town Open Space (Tuttle Road)6 ac
- Pistapaug Pond Open Space2 ac
- Town Open Space (Allyn Brook)2 ac · Directions
- Durham Town Green2 ac · Directions
- Owned by City of Middletown1 ac
Who protects the land
3,556 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,091 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 30 of 37 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
- Baseball8
- Pickleball4
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Durham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 23.5% | 49.0 mi | 19 |
| Haddam | 28.4% | 97.1 mi | 36 |
| Guilford | 24.9% | 154.7 mi | 61 |
| Killingworth | 25.9% | 73.1 mi | 13 |
| Middlefield | 26.5% | 21.9 mi | 6 |
| Wallingford | 14.5% | 53.9 mi | 45 |
| North Branford | 36.9% | 56.3 mi | 21 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Durham'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.