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Roraback Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
2,058 acres18.5 mi of trail
nature trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Harwinton
Harwinton, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Harwinton is conserved land, roughly 2,725 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Roraback WMA (18.5 mi), Harwinton Recreation & Conservation Area (7.9 mi), and City of Bristol Watershed Lands (7.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Harwinton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Harwinton outdoors
Conserved land
14%
2,725 of 19,817 acres
Trails
46 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
489 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Harwinton Recreation & Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Harwinton
208 acres7.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
City of Bristol Watershed Lands
Managed by City of Bristol
1,879 acres7.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Kalmia Sanctuary
Managed by Litchfield Hills Audubon Society
13 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
2,725 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 168 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 23 of 25 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 paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Soccer4
- Tennis4
- Basketball2
- Equestrian2
- Lacrosse1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Harwinton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harwinton | 13.8% | 46.4 mi | 5 |
| Litchfield | 35.5% | 52.9 mi | 22 |
| Burlington | 7.3% | 113.5 mi | 18 |
| Torrington | 21.6% | 30.3 mi | 22 |
| Plymouth | 9.2% | 17.2 mi | 10 |
| New Hartford | 13% | 78.9 mi | 17 |
| Thomaston | 19% | 11.6 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Harwinton'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 20.2-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.