1
Cockaponset State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
2,209 acres15 mi of trail
East Woods TrailChatfield TrailGreenLookout TrailEast Woods Connector
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Killingworth
Killingworth, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Killingworth is conserved land, roughly 5,903 acres. There are about 73 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cockaponset State Forest (15 mi), Chatfield Hollow State Park (7.5 mi), and Deer Lake Camp (7.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Killingworth, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Killingworth outdoors
Conserved land
26%
5,903 of 22,766 acres
Trails
73 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 42 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
946 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
Chatfield Hollow State Park
Managed by State of Connecticut
410 acres7.5 mi of trail
Deep Woods TrailRidge TrailWest Crest TrailPond TrailCovered Bridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Deer Lake Camp
Managed by Connecticut Yankee Council
231 acres7.5 mi of trail
Champlin Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Lake Hammonasset Public Watershed Land
Managed by South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority
799 acres6.7 mi of trail
West Crest Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Killingworth Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by Connecticut Water Company
1,215 acres4.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Hammonasset Fishing Association Lands
Managed by Hammonasset Fishing Association
1,424 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Welter Woods
Managed by Killingworth Land Conservation Trust
57 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Forster Pond State Park
Managed by State of Connecticut
214 acres1.3 mi of trail
Chatfield Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Cockaponset State Forest2,209 acres · 15 mi of trail · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Chatfield Hollow State Park410 acres · 7.5 mi of trail · State of Connecticut
Deer Lake Camp231 acres · 7.5 mi of trail · Connecticut Yankee Council
Lake Hammonasset Public Watershed Land799 acres · 6.7 mi of trail · South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority
Killingworth Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land1,215 acres · 4.3 mi of trail · Connecticut Water Company
Hammonasset Fishing Association Lands1,424 acres · 2.7 mi of trail · Hammonasset Fishing Association
Welter Woods57 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · Killingworth Land Conservation Trust
Forster Pond State Park214 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · State of Connecticut
Camp Pardee Preserve22 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Killingworth Land Conservation Trust
Platt Nature Center10 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Killingworth Land Conservation Trust
Who protects the land
5,903 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,495 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 119 of 132 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
- Baseball5
- Soccer4
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Killingworth and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Killingworth'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 26.5-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.