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Winding Trails Recreation Area
Nature preserve
282 acres11.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Farmington
Farmington, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 27% of Farmington is conserved land, roughly 4,912 acres. There are about 66 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Winding Trails Recreation Area (11.3 mi), Shade Swamp Sanctuary (5.4 mi), and West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area (5.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Farmington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Farmington outdoors
Conserved land
27%
4,912 of 18,312 acres
Trails
66 mi
2.3 mi per sq mi · 41 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
39
181 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.8 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 11.1 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
Shade Swamp Sanctuary
Managed by State of Connecticut
495 acres5.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area
Managed by Metropolitan District
167 acres5.1 mi of trail
EdenKenney RidgeMetacomet Trail (NET)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
4
Farmington Memorial Forest
Nature preserve
367 acres4.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Hill-Stead Museum Grounds
Nature preserve
150 acres3.3 mi of trail
Woodland TrailBittersweet LoopPond LoopSwamp Oak Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Meadow Land
Nature preserve
373 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Suburban Park
Park
20 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Tunxis Mead Park
Park
99 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 39 parks & preserves
- Town Open Space (Walnut Farms Subdiv.)3Parcels41 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Farmington Club20 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Town Open Space (Rattlesnake Mountain)17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Lions Memorial Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Batterson Park290 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Farmington Canal Line State Park Trail43 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Town Open Space (Pondwood Acres Subdivision)2P27 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Town Open Space (New Britain Avenue)9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Town of Farmington Open Space103 ac · Directions
- Quirk Park89 ac · Directions
- Town of Farmington Property65 ac
- Devonwood Subdivision Open Space53 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (Cope Farms Subdiv.) 3 Parcels51 ac
- Coppermine Village Open Space32 ac · Directions
- Property of Marilyn P. Cohen31 ac
- Town Open Space (Westview Terrace) 2 Parcels26 ac · Directions
- Colt Park18 ac
- Town Open Space (Oakridge Subdivision)6Parcels16 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (Plainville Avenue & Redcoat Lane)11 ac
- Town Open Space (West District Rd./Copper Mine Rd.)10 ac
- Town Open Space (Burlington Road)9 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (Sanford Drive)8 ac
- Town Open Space (Roma Drive) 2 Parcels8 ac
- Town Open Space (Pequabuck Lane)7 ac
- State of CT, Shade Swamp Sanctuary6 ac
- Yodkin-Morin Memorial Park4 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (Main Street)4 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (Brookshire Lane)2 ac
- Town Open Space (West Gate Road)2 ac
- Town Open Space (Highpoint W. Subdiv.) (6 Parcels)2 ac
- Town1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,912 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 84 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 189 of 223 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis44
- Soccer21
- Baseball11
- Basketball10
- Field hockey2
- Beach volleyball2
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Farmington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | 26.8% | 66.0 mi | 39 |
| West Hartford | 23% | 56.1 mi | 23 |
| Avon | 18.4% | 65.6 mi | 23 |
| Plainville | 8.1% | 18.2 mi | 9 |
| New Britain | 7.2% | 16.1 mi | 17 |
| Burlington | 7.3% | 113.5 mi | 18 |
| Bristol | 5.5% | 27.8 mi | 23 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Farmington'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 21.8-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.