1
Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by Regional Water Authority
638 acres4.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · East Haven
East Haven, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of East Haven is conserved land, roughly 1,141 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve Land (4.5 mi) and Farm River State Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in East Haven, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
East Haven outdoors
Conserved land
13%
1,141 of 8,586 acres
Trails
18 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
41 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
Farm River State Park
Nature preserve
61 acres1.2 mi of trail
Shoreline Greenway Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bailey Woods
Managed by East Haven Land Trust
30 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Peter's Rock Park
Managed by Peter's Rock Association
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
East Haven Town Green
Park
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 23 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 23 parks & preserves
Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve Land638 acres · 4.5 mi of trail · Regional Water Authority
Farm River State Park61 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Bailey Woods30 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · East Haven Land Trust
Peter's Rock Park9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Peter's Rock Association
East Haven Town Green5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Girl Scout Camp48 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Town Open Space (Willow Road)7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area133 acres
Bishop Woods Bird Sanctuary34 acres · City of New Haven
Bradford Nature Preserve22 acres · East Haven Land Trust
Who protects the land
1,141 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 60 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 29 of 42 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
- Tennis17
- Baseball10
- Basketball9
- Soccer2
- Beach volleyball1
- Multi-sport1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
East Haven and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Haven | 13.3% | 18.0 mi | 23 |
| Branford | 20.9% | 73.5 mi | 23 |
| New Haven | 8.5% | 53.1 mi | 72 |
| North Haven | 7.1% | 28.3 mi | 17 |
| North Branford | 36.9% | 56.3 mi | 21 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about East Haven'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 20.2-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.