1
Mohawk State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
1,347 acres4.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Goshen
Goshen, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Goshen is conserved land, roughly 6,535 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mohawk State Forest (4.2 mi) and Town Open Space (East Street, South) (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Goshen, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Goshen outdoors
Conserved land
23%
6,535 of 28,753 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
2,045 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
Town Open Space (East Street, South)
Nature preserve
72 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
John A. Minetto State Park
Nature preserve
253 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Richard Croft Mem. Preserve (Ct Audubon Society)
Nature preserve
196 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
- Camp Cochipianee32 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Ivy Mountain State Park51 ac
- Nw Ctgirl Scout Council (Camp Maria Pratt)13 ac
- Town Open Space (Beach Street)3 ac
- Town Open Space (Flora Road)1 ac
Who protects the land
6,535 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,305 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 117 of 151 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
- Tennis11
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Goshen and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen | 22.7% | 20.4 mi | 9 |
| Cornwall | 43.9% | 52.9 mi | 21 |
| Torrington | 21.6% | 30.3 mi | 22 |
| Norfolk | 48.6% | 50.2 mi | 13 |
| Litchfield | 35.5% | 52.9 mi | 22 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Goshen'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 26.2-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.