1
Keney Park
Managed by City of Hartford
553 acres5.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hartford
Hartford, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Hartford is conserved land, roughly 1,338 acres. There are about 28 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Keney Park (5.9 mi), Bushnell Park (1.5 mi), and Riverside Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hartford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hartford outdoors
Conserved land
12%
1,338 of 11,509 acres
Trails
28 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
34
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
32.0 mi
23.9 mi lanes · 6.0 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
Bushnell Park
Park
36 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Riverside Park
Managed by Riverfront Recapture Inc.
61 acres1.2 mi of trail
Riverview Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Charter Oak Landing
Managed by Riverfront Recapture Inc.
29 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Goodwin Park
Managed by City of Hartford
124 acres0.8 mi of trail
Lower Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Elizabeth Park
Managed by City of Hartford
20 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Thomas J. Hyland Memorial Park
Managed by City of Hartford
19 acres0.6 mi of trail
Upper Ridge Klunk
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Joseph V. Cronin Park
Park
10 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 34 parks & preserves
- Connecticut State Capitol Park11 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Pope Park76 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Mortensen Riverfront Plaza2 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Colt Park97 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Folly Brook Natural Area13 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Columbus Park9 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Forster Heights Playground3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Pulaski Mall1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Rocky Ridge Park22 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Julio Lozada Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wexford Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Dominick Delucco Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Willie Ware Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Minuteman Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Thomas Hooker Square1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Connecticut Square1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Porter Memorial Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- University of Hartford Open Space9 ac · Directions
- Liam E. McGee Memorial Park8 ac · Directions
- Harbison Playground4 ac
- Pope Park North3 ac · Directions
- Sigourney Square Park3 ac · Directions
- Gully Green1 ac
- South Green Barnard Park1 ac · Directions
- Keney Memorial Tower1 ac · Directions
- Charter Oak Tree Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,338 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 25 of 69 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes23.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis40
- Basketball33
- Baseball27
- Tracks9
- Soccer8
- Multi-sport4
- Football4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Hartford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | 11.6% | 27.5 mi | 34 |
| West Hartford | 23% | 56.1 mi | 23 |
| Windsor | 10.9% | 41.3 mi | 45 |
| East Hartford | 5.9% | 11.8 mi | 26 |
| Wethersfield | 12.5% | 7.6 mi | 32 |
| Bloomfield | 13.4% | 65.7 mi | 27 |
| Newington | 5.5% | 10.8 mi | 27 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hartford'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.