1
City of Groton Watershed Lands
Managed by City of Groton
1,580 acres4.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Ledyard
Ledyard, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of Ledyard is conserved land, roughly 4,714 acres. There are about 45 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in City of Groton Watershed Lands (4.1 mi), Atkinson Family Preserve (3.6 mi), and Amos Avery Preserve (2.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ledyard, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ledyard outdoors
Conserved land
19%
4,714 of 25,451 acres
Trails
45 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 24 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
88
305 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.0 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
Atkinson Family Preserve
Managed by Avalonia Land Conservancy
188 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Amos Avery Preserve
Managed by Avalonia Land Conservancy
99 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Great Oak Park
Managed by Town of Ledyard
207 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Rose Hill Wildlife Management Area
Managed by State of Connecticut
577 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Slosberg-Andersen Woodlands
Managed by Avalonia Land Conservancy
145 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Colonel Ledyard Highway Open Space
Managed by Town of Ledyard
101 acres1.8 mi of trail
Orange TrailGreen Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Pike Marshall Preserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
271 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 88 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 88 parks & preserves
City of Groton Watershed Lands1,580 acres · 4.1 mi of trail · City of Groton
Atkinson Family Preserve188 acres · 3.6 mi of trail · Avalonia Land Conservancy
Amos Avery Preserve99 acres · 2.7 mi of trail · Avalonia Land Conservancy
Great Oak Park207 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Town of Ledyard
Rose Hill Wildlife Management Area577 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · State of Connecticut
Slosberg-Andersen Woodlands145 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · Avalonia Land Conservancy
Colonel Ledyard Highway Open Space101 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · Town of Ledyard
Pike Marshall Preserve271 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · The Nature Conservancy
Barrett Preserve71 acres · 1.6 mi of trail · Avalonia Land Conservancy
Dow Centennial Preserve96 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · Avalonia Land Conservancy
Who protects the land
4,714 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 312 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 97 of 138 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 paths1.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis13
- Basketball5
- Baseball5
- Soccer1
- Equestrian1
- Softball1
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Ledyard and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ledyard | 18.5% | 44.9 mi | 88 |
| Stonington | 14.1% | 37.9 mi | 58 |
| Preston | 7.7% | 23.7 mi | 20 |
| North Stonington | 22.5% | 75.2 mi | 53 |
| Montville | 11.9% | 22.6 mi | 29 |
| Groton | 17.2% | 80.3 mi | 71 |
| Waterford | 10.1% | 26.4 mi | 45 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ledyard'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 22.6-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.