1
McLean Game Refuge
Nature preserve
3,360 acres25 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Granby
Granby, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Granby is conserved land, roughly 7,614 acres. There are about 68 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in McLean Game Refuge (25 mi), Holcomb Farm (10.2 mi), and Enders State Forest (5.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Granby, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Granby outdoors
Conserved land
29%
7,614 of 25,998 acres
Trails
68 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 55 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
34
681 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.4 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
Holcomb Farm
Managed by Town of Granby
291 acres10.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Enders State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
1,527 acres5.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Mary Edwards Mountain Property
Managed by Granby Land Trust
201 acres3.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve
Managed by Granby Land Trust
208 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Holcombe Preserve
Managed by Granby Land Trust
151 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Salmon Brook Park
Managed by Town of Granby
165 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Granby Land Trust Preserves
Managed by Granby Land Trust
407 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 34 parks & preserves
- Godard Preserve119 ac · 2.2 mi trail · Directions
- Town of Granby property48 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Frances B. Petersen Preserve86 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Ann Pelka32 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- A. W. Mason Preserve79 ac
- Granby Open Space60 ac
- Town of Granby Preserve60 ac
- Loomis Pines Preserve31 ac
- Mooney Preserve24 ac
- Grace Kellogg Preserve23 ac
- Town of Granby Open Space17 ac
- Town Open Space (18 Heather Lane)16 ac
- Town Open Space (Round Hill Road Parcel B)9 ac
- Town Open Space (Round Hill Road Parcel A)9 ac
- Kendall Stevens Preserve8 ac
- Town Open Space (465 Meadow Brook Road,Rear)6 ac
- Town Open Space (10 Sakrison Road)5 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (55 Canal Road, Rear)5 ac
- Town Open Space (6 Hampton Village Drive)4 ac
- Town Open Space (West Granby Road)3 ac
- Town Open Space2 ac
- Tunxis State Forest1 ac
- Town Open Space (Case Road)1 ac
- Town Open Space (30 Zimmer Road)1 ac
- Town Open Space (8 Old Simsbury Road)1 ac
- Town Open Space (76 East Granby Road)1 ac
Who protects the land
7,614 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,033 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 13 of 60 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 paths1.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Baseball7
- Soccer4
- Pickleball4
- Basketball2
- Softball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Granby'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 25-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.