1
Cockaponset State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
4,953 acres48.6 mi of trail
Old County Road East
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Haddam
Haddam, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Haddam is conserved land, roughly 8,373 acres. There are about 97 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cockaponset State Forest (48.6 mi), Salmon River Division (6.2 mi), and Millers Pond State Park (3.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Haddam, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Haddam outdoors
Conserved land
28%
8,373 of 29,450 acres
Trails
97 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 70 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
36
969 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
Salmon River Division
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
443 acres6.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Millers Pond State Park
Managed by State of Connecticut
122 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Haddam Meadows State Park
Park
163 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Higganum Reservoir State Park
Nature preserve
129 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
George Dudley Seymour State Park
Nature preserve
327 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Swan Hill Preserve
Managed by Haddam Land Trust
150 acres1.4 mi of trail
Swan Hill Preserve Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Beaver Ledges Preserve
Managed by Haddam Land Trust
136 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 36 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 36 parks & preserves
Cockaponset State Forest4,953 acres · 48.6 mi of trail · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Salmon River Division443 acres · 6.2 mi of trail · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Millers Pond State Park122 acres · 3.4 mi of trail · State of Connecticut
Haddam Meadows State Park163 acres · 2.3 mi of trail
Higganum Reservoir State Park129 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
George Dudley Seymour State Park327 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Swan Hill Preserve150 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · Haddam Land Trust
Beaver Ledges Preserve136 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Haddam Land Trust
Cedar Lake Road Open Space35 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Town of Haddam
Washburn Hill Preserve51 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Haddam Land Trust
Who protects the land
8,373 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 79 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 145 of 166 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
- Tennis8
- Baseball6
- Lacrosse1
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Haddam and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haddam | 28.4% | 97.1 mi | 36 |
| East Haddam | 25.9% | 119.6 mi | 64 |
| Durham | 23.5% | 49.0 mi | 19 |
| Middletown | 12.8% | 81.3 mi | 31 |
| Killingworth | 25.9% | 73.1 mi | 13 |
| East Hampton | 23.3% | 71.6 mi | 18 |
| Chester | 35.8% | 44.5 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Haddam'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 26.8-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.