1
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
16 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Groton
Groton, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.8% of Groton is conserved land, roughly 120 acres. Groton has 6 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Groton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Groton outdoors
Conserved land
2.8%
120 of 4,304 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.0 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
Washington Park
Managed by Groton Parks and Recreation
31 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Birch Plain Creek Wildlife Area
Managed by City Of Groton
11 acres
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Eastern Point Beach
Park
10 acres
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 6 parks & preserves
- Birch Plain Creek Open Space1 ac
- Monument Street Parklet1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
120 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 11 of 16 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 paths1.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
- Basketball6
- Baseball6
- Multi-sport1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Groton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groton | 2.8% | 0.8 mi | 6 |
| New London | 5.4% | 8.9 mi | 17 |
| Groton | 17.2% | 80.3 mi | 71 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Groton'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.