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Tunxis State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
8,969 acres28.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hartland
Hartland, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 47% of Hartland is conserved land, roughly 10,385 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Tunxis State Forest (28.5 mi), Mill District Nature Preserve (1.9 mi), and Barkhamsted Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hartland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hartland outdoors
Conserved land
47%
10,385 of 21,958 acres
Trails
34 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 31 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
5,644 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
Mill District Nature Preserve
Managed by Hartland Land Trust
133 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Barkhamsted Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by The Metropolitan District
4,643 acres0.8 mi of trail
South Lane No 2
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
American Legion State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
110 acres0.6 mi of trail
David K. Leff Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Colebrook Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by The Metropolitan District
595 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Bassett-Kell Preserve
Managed by Hartland Land Trust
22 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Tunxis State Forest8,969 acres · 28.5 mi of trail · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Mill District Nature Preserve133 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · Hartland Land Trust
Barkhamsted Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land4,643 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · The Metropolitan District
American Legion State Forest110 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Colebrook Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land595 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · The Metropolitan District
Bassett-Kell Preserve22 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Hartland Land Trust
Peoples State Forest297 acres · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Hartland Recreation Area120 acres · Town of Hartland
Loomis Institute101 acres · Loomis Institute
Camp Alice Merritt47 acres · Town of Hartland
Who protects the land
10,385 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 138 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 22 of 24 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
- Baseball2
- Soccer1
- Basketball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Hartland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland | 47.3% | 33.9 mi | 13 |
| Granby | 29.3% | 68.1 mi | 34 |
| Barkhamsted | 22.3% | 53.7 mi | 13 |
| Colebrook | 23.7% | 47.7 mi | 13 |
| Granville | 50.9% | 46.0 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hartland'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 20.9-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.